Narrator: Have you ever wondered why all car tires you see are black? It wasn't always like this. When automakers first started using rubber tires, they were white, the color of natural rubber. And ...

There's nothing like a fresh set of tires. Along with the obvious safety and performance aspects of a new set of hoops, fresh rubber looks and smells fantastic. New tires can really spruce up your car ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Every time a plane lands, each tire leaves around 1½ pounds of rubber on the runway. Tires are stationary until touchdown, when sudden contact with ...

The parts of your tires that get left on the road as you drive your car are a huge source of microplastic pollution, and some of it is toxic. Now researchers at San Diego State University (SDSU) have ...

Those red and yellow colored dots on the sides of your new tires don't mean they're defective or on sale, they're much more important than that.

It's easy to paint Akron's rubber story with black-and-white or sepia tone strokes. The city's relationship with the tire industry, in particular, can feel distant. Once a bustling tire manufacturing ...