If you were the kid who kept getting yelled at for touching hot things on the stove, you won’t have déjà vu with this tea kettle; it has a heat-resistant, ergonomic handle. But in case your nerves are ...

Cozying up in an armchair with a steaming cup of tea and a book may sound like the best way to waste away a Sunday afternoon this month. Step one would be to buy the perfect teakettle so you can make ...

Material: Tea kettles, both electric and stovetop, come in materials such as stainless steel, copper, glass and plastic. Both Geyman and Harney recommended looking for a tea kettle that is made of ...

We all know the distinctive whistle of the tea kettle—but what actually produces that sound? Turns out there are some interesting aeroacoustics involved, and it’s taken scientists until now to puzzle ...

Hand-me-down tea kettles are never the prettiest stovetop artifacts to look at, but it’s hard to part ways with a kettle when it’s working just fine. That being said, you shouldn’t deny yourself the ...

British physicist Lord Rayleigh is best known for his discovery of argon and for explaining, in 1871, why the sky is blue. But he also puzzled over this: [sound of a kettle whistling]. Rayleigh knew ...