Fluorescent lamps have long been used in homes, offices, and industrial settings due to their energy efficiency and long ...

Q: My home is about 20 years old. My problem is with the lights in the kitchen. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. When I turn on the switch, the light flickers or just partially lights. I ...

To comply with new laws on reducing energy usage, fluorescent and HID lighting systems — both examples of arc discharge lamps — have become more complex and varied in their performance. To understand ...

Fluorescent light fixtures are more efficient and cheaper to run than incandescent. But some fluorescent fixtures buzz or hum, and they take a long time to start when temperatures fall much below ...

Q. The bulbs in a fluorescent lighting fixture above the laundry area in our basement just burned out. My husband and I are not in agreement about whether to leave this fixture on all the time or not.

In the first few minutes of Joe Versus the Volcano, the 1990 surrealist rom-com, Tom Hanks clocks in for his job at an artificial testicle company, housed in a bleak, factorylike building overrun with ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. There’s a handy trick for reading station signs that otherwise fly past in a ...