To paraphrase Zoolander, fidget toys are so hot right now. Ever since Fidget Cube took Kickstarter by storm and raised a bajillion dollars (okay, $6.4 million against a stated goal of $15k) it seems ...

Too often, the everyday science of our lives goes unappreciated, from the electrical engineering that powered your toaster this morning to the astronomical insights that allow you to understand what ...

Whether it is gravity-defying phone chargers or human-floating tractor beams, we’re suckers for levitating technologies. A new Kickstarter campaign therefore hits our sweet spot with an “executive ...

Spinning toys and tops have unusual behaviors. Spinning toys and tops have unusual behaviors. The famous tippe top flips itself over and spins on its stem. The PhiTOP stands up on its end, which you ...

Compared with the allure of video games, the classic toys of yore may seem boring to today's kids. But in fact, they aren't quite as mundane as they seem: Many of these toys embody important physical ...

"Mais oui, le physics, so magnifique..." We don't know why this cat is French but we also don't know why it's so obsessed with this Newton's Cradle. Perhaps it's the soft ticking of the balls hitting ...

It's no secret that kids of all ages love toys, but do they know the science involved in getting them to work? To get to the bottom of some of these questions be sure to wend your way over to "Physics ...

IT'S NOT SURPRISING that the old-school desk toy Newton's Cradle became synonymous with cubicle culture. The noisy mini-sculpture—whose suspended silver spheres hypnotically transfer momentum from one ...

Executive desk toys have been around since the 1960s. There is still an exhaustive market for gadgets that relieve stress and office boredom. Research suggests having personal desktop items increases ...

IT'S NOT SURPRISING that the old-school desk toy Newton's Cradle became synonymous with cubicle culture. The noisy mini-sculpture—whose suspended silver spheres hypnotically transfer momentum from one ...

Executive desk toys have been around since the 1960s. There is still an exhaustive market for gadgets that relieve stress and office boredom. Research suggests having personal desktop items increases ...

I don’t know about you, but I have trouble sitting still. My personal combination of over-caffeinated autism and ADHD means I need to keep my hands busy during the workday to avoid chewing my fingers ...