Of course there's a day for everything. Many days on the calendar, in fact, are used to celebrate more than one "milestone." But I must admit my dismay when I found out that April 15 not only is Tax ...

The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) is mulling strict restrictions on the amount of plasticizer chemicals contained in rubber erasers. Some erasers currently sold on the market ...

You probably don’t think about pencils and erasers much in today’s world of digital and mobile access to everything. But despite our devotion to our devices, we still use billions of pencils every ...

A pencil eraser (Alexis Madrigal). It's true, as Arthur C. Clarke said, that the most advanced technologies are indistinguishable from magic. It's not true, however, that the world's most magical ...