From yellow pencils to three-ring binders, American students have their own school supply culture. This video explains how simple tools like loose-leaf paper and composition books became staples in ...

Cornell researchers have built a programmable optical chip that can change the color of light by merging photons, without ...

In the end, the objects designers can’t live without aren’t just “things”: they’re extensions of their process, their ...

Every Day Carry (EDC) items are essentials that you carry daily, offering convenience and improving efficiency. Among these, ...

This story is a partnership between WBEZ, Grist and Inside Climate News. Millions of dollars in federal and city loans dedicated to replacing lead pipes that pump water into people’s homes remain ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's plan for a $30 an hour minimum wage could make it harder for Americans to access entry-level jobs by speeding up automation. Mamdani, the 33-year-old ...

Follow along with the Gizmodo crew as we cover all the consumer electronics news announcements coming out of IFA 2025 in Berlin.

The city estimates that about 412,000 out of roughly 491,000 water service lines require replacement because they are known or suspected to contain lead. That’s the most of any city in the country.

Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic lead service lines, the underground pipes that connect buildings to the city’s water supply. The city has the most lead service lines in the ...

As school begins and last-minute supplies shopping ends, let me volunteer to help you decide the best essential item that every student needs. The pencil. The pencil is a tool many students use ...

In what was likely a stroke of good luck, Marla Cleveland’s adult son was hiking the Pacific Coast Trail some months ago so she was checking the mail at his Near South home. The Clevelands own the ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a novel means of transforming the lead tip of a mechanical pencil into a low-cost, high-performance electron beam generator. By leveraging the natural alignment of ...