"I'm from Perth so maybe that's why it got to me." Science communicator Dr Karl Kruszelnicki said thermometers can break if the fluid inside expands more than the gauge is designed to take.

We’ll start this discussion with a round of “Good News/Bad News”. The good news is that we got some extra sunshine this ...

What is the benefit to switching to a non-mercury thermometer? Mercury thermometers break on a regular basis; the contaminated clean-up debris generated by a spill is considered hazardous waste and is ...