Routine maintenance is one of the few places where car owners can reliably trade a small, predictable expense for a much ...

Buying a BMW, whether it is a used 3 Series, a rare 1M, or a new electric iX, demands more scrutiny than a typical used-car purchase. I want to walk through 15 specific checks that protect you from ...

Valve has work to do on the software side—but some fixes are coming. I think there's a lot of fandom hype that I suspect doesn't fit the product. Some fans seem to think / expect this is some market ...

But there’s one spec that has caused some concern among Ars staffers and others with their eyes on the Steam Machine: The GPU comes with just 8GB of dedicated graphics RAM, an amount that is steadily ...

Another form of automotive tech that originated in the world of planes was the anti-lock braking system, or ABS. This feature ...

A faulty safety module could shut off stability control and keep the affected heavy-duty pickups from deploying their airbags.

Abstract: With the increasing concern over environment protection, Economic Emission Dispatch (EED) problem has received much attention. It is essentially a Multi-objective Optimization Problem, which ...

An enlarged heart, or cardiomegaly, isn’t a disease in itself—it’s a sign of something else going on in the body. An enlarged heart is often discovered during routine scans and occurs when the ...

A balanced diet and regular exercise are essential to protect the aorta. Aortic problems can cause severe chest or back pain and shortness of breath. The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body ...

High blood pressure is a common cause of left ventricular hypertrophy. LVH can often be reduced or reversed by treating the underlying cause. "Athlete's heart" is a harmless form of LVH caused by ...