When comparing the versatility of erasers, the kneaded variety wins my vote every time. Among its attributes, two stand out above the rest — pliability and tackiness. It has the consistency of putty ...

“Everyone makes mistakes,” your mom told you. “That’s why pencils have erasers.” But did she ever tell you how many different kinds of erasers there are? If you think there’s just the one—the pink ...

If you have a budding little artist who leaves pencil marks on every wall around your home, we're sharing seven easy methods ...

Nothing renews a room like a fresh paint job. And nothing ages one like smudges, smears, and scuff marks all over the walls and baseboards. High-traffic areas around the house naturally get scuffed up ...

You probably don’t think about pencils and erasers much in today’s world of digital and mobile access to everything. But despite our devotion to our devices, we still use billions of pencils every ...

A pencil eraser (Alexis Madrigal). It's true, as Arthur C. Clarke said, that the most advanced technologies are indistinguishable from magic. It's not true, however, that the world's most magical ...