A correspondent informs us that a friend of his has invented a new gnomon for sun-dials, which is simply a piece of thread or twine carried at an angle from the center of the dial to a post set at ...

Of course, for a screw thread to do any work, it has to project out more than the thickness of a piece of paper, and the shape of the projection determines the mechanical properties of the screw.

PROVIDENCE — Francis Renault became an internationally celebrated vaudeville “female impersonator” in the early 1930s, known for his dazzling soprano voice and his extensive wardrobe of ...

Temari balls aren’t for throwing or kicking around. They’re destined to be heirlooms, carrying prayers for health and ...

Keep your fingers away from that part and always ask an adult to help. Only use a piece of thread that is as long as the distance between your hand and elbow. This is so that you can control the ...

“Something as simple as making a knot in a piece of thread, or sewing a button suddenly becomes a mystery,” Voss said. She said that, often, people throw away clothes that can easily be fixed ...

For her Aviary creation, Catalano rendered the White-bearded Antshrike, a shy, rare species native to Argentina and Brazil.

We understand that, but sometimes the way an artist weaves technology into their pieces is just too cool to pass us, as with this thread-printing art piece entitled On Framing Textile Ambiguities.

Jamie Lee Curtis has opened up about one role she really regrets in her years-long career. The Freaky Friday star, 65, is the ...

You wait and wait for those first green beans of summer – and suddenly, they're everywhere! If you're lucky enough to have ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) government funding bill was sunk through the combined efforts of Democrats and Republicans in the lower chamber on Wednesday. Fourteen members of Johnson’s own ...