Robert Frank: Today’s question was posed by my former student Karim Abdallah. “Why,” he asked, “does a light come on when you open the refrigerator but not when you open the freezer?” The cost-benefit ...

When your refrigerator stops working it can be frustrating, but when your appliances take weeks to get repaired in addition to that it adds to the frustrations. This happened to several Sears' ...

If you’re trying to stealthily swipe a midnight snack from the refrigerator, you’re in luck—the built-in light makes it easy to see what you’re doing. If your treat of choice is frozen, however, ...