The first conspiracy theories about September 11 began to emerge while the wreckage was still smouldering. Today, 10 years later, hundreds of books and thousands of web pages are devoted to the idea that the U.S. government encouraged, permitted, or actually carried out the attacks. This in-depth in[...]

"The Boy Mechanic" - bigger and better! Taken from the turn-of-the-last-century volumes of "The Boy Mechanic", these 359 projects are still doable and delightful today. Like a miscellany for the home how-to crowd, the book offers instructions for making toy boats and planes, hammocks, sleds, skates,[...]

Which 1958 invention can be used to repair a broken taillight, reassemble a vase, close wounds and lift fingerprints? How fast (in milliseconds) does a batter have to react in order to hit a fast ball hurtling in at 90 mph? What's the easiest way to demagnetise a screwdriver? Test your grasp of scie[...]