Like many wonderful and useful scientific things, nitrous oxide was discovered by accident in 18th-century England, and much later (during the '30s and '40s) it was used by dentists as an anesthetic.

An innate desire in some that puts fear in others, the need for speed when it comes to automobiles is not new; and when it comes to finding ways to achieve it, the use of nitrous oxide is not without ...

An emergency room physician in British Columbia is warning of the misuse of a cooking tool that requires the use of nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas. A statement from Vancouver ...