Nitrous Oxide Systems (NOS) has dished out a new item on the power options menu: the 300-plus-horse-power Big Shot plate. NOS realized that not all of us can swallow a three-course plumb-job, so we ...

The quest for enough horsepower is a frustrating one. It seems like no matter how much we get, we just end up wanting more. What seemed like enough power a year ago, just isn't as satisfying today.

The compound dinitrogen monoxide was discovered in 1772 by English chemist Joseph Priestley. Later renamed "nitrous oxide," this substance achieved widespread use in the medical community, thanks to ...

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.