YOU might think there is very little to do in a ­winter garden, be­sides sweeping up soggy leaves and mulching your beds. But ...

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What happens when you combine an Arduino-based microcontroller with a palm-sized aluminum box and clicky buttons? A fidget toy that invites coder creativity. I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, ...

If you or your kids love those soft, squishy fidget toys, the ones you squeeze for stress relief, you might want to take a closer look. A new Consumer Reports investigation found that some of these ...

INDIANAPOLIS (CONSUMER REPORTS) — If your kids love those soft, squishy fidget toys, the ones you squeeze for stress relief, you might want to take a closer look. A new Consumer Reports investigation ...

From the Nee-Doh Nice Cube to the Magic Arggh Ball to the Mochi Squishy, there’s a surprisingly large and colorful range of squishy gel toys for kids on the market today. They’re often touted as more ...

Designers say the benefits of fidget jewelry can be styled into upscale rings and pendants. By Penelope Colston Fidget jewelry, the movable pieces that behavioral experts say can help control ...

The shotgun has played an important role throughout the history of firearms. From matchlock and flintlock “fowlers” to today’s wide array, shotguns can be considered multitask tools because they can ...

Sept. 9 (UPI) --Police in Germany were called to an apartment building on a report of someone repeatedly ringing doorbells late at night and discovered the ding-dong-ditch culprit was a slug.

Since the original Tamagotchi landed on store shelves 28 years ago, not much has changed in the world of virtual pets. The basic gameplay remains, with players being asked to feed, groom and play with ...

This week, a friend sent me our horoscope—we’re both Gemini—from Seven Days, a beloved Vermont weekly, because, improbably, it was about the sea slug I’d been telling her about just days before. “The ...

Three new sightings of the invasive black velvet leatherleaf slug have been reported on the Coast in April and May, bringing the total of reported sightings to around 40 since it was first found ...