The compact, organized pattern for drivers wasn’t always so easily recognized, but it has helped cars become safer and more efficient. Question: Why is the gearshift lever in a manual transmission car ...

Recent research suggests that the modern day-day-night-night shift pattern for shift workers may not be as disruptive or as potentially carcinogenic as older, more extreme shift patterns. Recent ...

Nurses often work long hours, and the attendant stress and lack of sleep can impede collaboration with other nurses and physicians and threaten patient safety. Twelve-hour shifts allow nurses to work ...

Modern cars are often accused of serving up too many in-cabin distractions, including touchscreens the driver has to look at to operate even the most basic of functions, like turning up the ...

As the automotive industry races towards a future of connected, autonomous, and electrified vehicles, the complexity of integrated circuits (ICs) powering these innovations is reaching unprecedented ...

One Jalopnik reader was so upset with the death of the manual transmission he decided to preserve a 5-speed shift pattern on his back. Here's what he's got to say about his permanent move. – Eds. Dear ...

The domineering pattern of dry weather, abundant sunshine and unusual warmth across the central and eastern United States will soon come to an end, with AccuWeather forecasters predicting a major ...

Rowing the gears in a manual-transmission car used to be so simple. Back in the old four-speed days, your forward gears formed an “H” pattern. Then came the five-speed gearbox, which put fifth gear to ...

Daily weather patterns have changed in recent decades, making eastern North America, Europe and western Asia more prone to nastier summer heat waves that go beyond global warming, a new study finds. A ...

Pattern shift brings a big change to temperature and moisture outlook StormTRACKER meteorologist Lydia Blume says the jet stream is moving north, allowing warmer southern weather to move in. But the ...

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Working an occasional night shift for a prolonged period could ultimately kill you, according to a major new study. Researchers in the US looked at the medical records of about 189,000 women over a 24 ...