The compact, organized pattern for drivers wasn’t always so easily recognized, but it has helped cars become safer and more efficient. Question: Why is the gearshift lever in a manual transmission car ...

Recent research suggests that the modern day-day-night-night shift pattern for shift workers may not be as disruptive or as potentially carcinogenic as older, more extreme shift patterns. Recent ...

Nurses often work long hours, and the attendant stress and lack of sleep can impede collaboration with other nurses and physicians and threaten patient safety. Twelve-hour shifts allow nurses to work ...

Modern cars are often accused of serving up too many in-cabin distractions, including touchscreens the driver has to look at to operate even the most basic of functions, like turning up the ...

Long term shift work is linked to impaired brain power, finds research. The impact (for rotating shift patterns, at least) was stronger after a period of 10 or more years of exposure. And although the ...

Rowing the gears in a manual-transmission car used to be so simple. Back in the old four-speed days, your forward gears formed an “H” pattern. Then came the five-speed gearbox, which put fifth gear to ...

Working an occasional night shift for a prolonged period could ultimately kill you, according to a major new study. Researchers in the US looked at the medical records of about 189,000 women over a 24 ...

As the automotive industry races towards a future of connected, autonomous, and electrified vehicles, the complexity of integrated circuits (ICs) powering these innovations is reaching unprecedented ...

WORKPLACES should operate new shift patterns that would see staff in work four days followed by 10 days working from home, a new report recommends. The study by Imperial College London chemical ...

One Jalopnik reader was so upset with the death of the manual transmission he decided to preserve a 5-speed shift pattern on his back. Here's what he's got to say about his permanent move. – Eds. Dear ...