The fans are tense and cheering, the competition narrows as players who have worked and trained their whole lives for this see victory right in front of them, many overcoming hardship and injuries to ...

Woodworker extraordinaire [Matthais] was approached by a toy company to create a ‘marble run’ toy. [Matthais]’ jig-building skills are beyond reproach, so whipping up a prototype for this toy was ...

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What is it about watching marbles roll down elaborate tracks that’s so entertaining? Are we so simple? Apparently yes! Just look at this huge contraption made out of over 4,000 popsicle sticks!

Earlier this week, the Norwegian musher Thomas Wærner won the 2020 Iditarod, the legendary dogsledding race that, like every other sporting event this year, has become a casualty of the coronavirus.