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World Turtle Day is celebrated every May 23 to raise awareness about the threats faced by turtles and tortoises. Turtles, tortoises and terrapins, which together make up the order Testudines, have ...

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Sixty years ago engineer Denys Fisher settled down to relax on a Sunday night and listen to a spot of classical music. Within minutes, he was hit by a Eureka moment that solved a problem he had been ...

Denys Fisher was inspired by the cogs and levers he worked with as an engineer Sixty years ago engineer Denys Fisher settled down to relax on a Sunday night and listen to a spot of classical music.

More than half of the world’s 359 turtle and tortoise species now face extinction, with the crisis worsening despite global conservation efforts. Asia is the epicenter of the crisis, accounting for 32 ...

Months ago, I observed a student drawing spiraling circles over and over on a sheet of notebook paper while participating in our class discussion. For some reason, I was reminded of an old toy my ...

Who else remembers Spirograph? When making elaborate spiral doodles, did you ever wish for a much, much bigger version? [Fortress Fine Woodworks] had that thought, and “slapped a router onto it” to ...

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After studying the intricate designs of a pound note, Denys Fisher came up with the idea for the legendary pattern-drawing toy, Spirograph. It won the Toy of the Year in 1967 and had sold over 30 ...