The buying frenzy revealed how strongly many families still trust a device that is cheap and accurate but carries environmental and health risks.

In this video, I'll be talking about the very interesting element Mercury. I try to cover as much as I can, including its ...

When mercury is added to aluminum, it forms an amalgam (a mercury alloy). Aluminum is normally protected by a thick oxide layer, but the formation of the amalgam disrupts it. It allows fresh aluminum ...

The panic is fueled by familiarity. Mercury thermometers have been used in many households for decades, Tan said, and some ...

As a young 20-something living in San Francisco, I had the good fortune of having friends who worked for snowboard binding ...

Long assumed by some to have been diluted and washed away over time, mercury contamination from 19th-century gold mining is ...