A person can take a child’s temperature in several ways. The most effective method depends on the age of the child. An accurate temperature reading can help parents and caregivers assess their child’s ...

Have you ever placed a thermometer under your tongue and wondered how that tiny device knows if you have a fever? Or checked the weather and thought about how scientists measure temperature so ...

With hospitals filling up quickly, it’s important to monitor any symptoms you develop at home. You’ve probably checked your temperature before and using a thermometer is a simple process, but do you ...

Using a kitchen thermometer may seem like a professional’s tool as it is mostly used in commercial kitchens and by food experts, but did you know why kitchen thermometers are so essential and how ...

Cooking anything perfectly, but especially meat, can often seem like it requires some alchemical blend of art, science, and magic. There are ways that — with some experience — you can start to get a ...

Many home cooks and grill masters cook up their steaks and hamburger patties using the old-fashioned eyeball test. This is when you flip the patty after it turns brown and grill marks start appearing.

As mercury thermometers are a thing of the past, you no longer have to wait several minutes to read a small red line. Instead, there are now five different types of thermometers — rectal, oral, ...

Take the guesswork out of cooking. Thermoworks Cooking continues to embrace the world of science and technology in the quest to achieve better results. Early methods of testing the doneness of meat ...

Jason Cipriani is a reporter. He's the former lead editor of the Devices segment at Pocket-lint, where he was in charge of all coverage related to phones, tablets, laptops and gadgets. He's based in ...