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 ...

At first glance, London's Gallery Fumi appears to have been filled with a set of carved granite furnishings – monolithic stools, consoles and benches arranged like the scattered remnants of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

A San Diego man who bought an iPod from a local retailer was less than thrilled when he opened his new gadget. Inside the box, in place of a shiny iPod, were several rubber erasers. East County ...

You’re using pencil, fast and furious, to scribble notes when you make a mistake. Maybe after all these years you’re still mixing up b’s and d’s. No matter, because on the other end of your writing ...