As you might know, that is the customary parlance used to refer to a car enthusiast (they can “turn a wrench” or mechanically work on a car). Such devotees are often characterized as so-called ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a game-improvement column that drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Game Improvement Editor Luke Kerr-Dineen to help raise your golf IQ and play smarter, better golf.

You might have noticed that I don't do too many book reviews. Why? I guess that's just not one of the blogging options that I perform very well at. Also, reviewing books can take a serious chunk of ...

Pinterest and HGTV are full of DIY projects. And a growing number of maker spaces and fairs, across the country, are encouraging people to tinker. Tinkering, however, isn't really a hot new trend.

When most of our classics were contemporary, owners were expected to be able to carry out basic car maintenance and servicing. Don’t believe me? Well, you need only browse an owner’s manual from the ...

Last month I watched as my almost-six-year old son paged through a new book I’d given him, inspecting its black-and-white line drawings, its quaint chapter headings — “Useful Tools for Home Mechanics, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Tinkering is a way to use your imagination, be creative, and get hands-on! It's all about having unstructured time to invent and explore. And what better place to tinker than at ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American As an elementary school science teacher, I ...

Light Play Studio is a limited-time tinkering experience where families can discover the magic of light, color, and ...

While playing with ice balloons, robotic sensors and sound, the idea came up: What if one could lick a Popsicle embedded with a sensor to show how our bodies conduct electricity? When a young welder ...