We hear from listener Navah Langmeyer of Baltimore who submits the sound of her tea kettle — which plays three distinct notes. A Chinese-made kitchen item found its way to one of our listeners, who ...

With no need for a timer or babysitting, a whistling tea kettle humbly lets you know when its work is done. But while it's a relatively straightforward purchase, all kettles aren't created equal. The ...

Forget what the fox says. Until recently, the bigger mystery was why the kettle whistles. The high-pitched note emitted by hot kettles has puzzled scientists for more than a century, but thanks to two ...