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Imagine leaving your shiny metal bicycle outside in the rain. As water pools on its surfaces, oxygen from the air lingers nearby, and together they begin to quietly attack the metal. The iron in the ...

If you own guns long enough, you eventually see it: that ugly orange fuzz creeping across a slide, a barrel, or a set of sights you really like. Rust feels like it appears overnight. In reality, the ...

There's little worse than a rusty cast-iron pan. But there's a simple, inexpensive way to keep rust from forming on these ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Imagine leaving your shiny metal bicycle outside ...