Why does a tiny rock sink to the bottom of a lake, while a giant boat can stay afloat? When any object hits water, it displaces some amount of water. To float, the object needs to be lighter than the ...

We use paper for communication (and occasionally making paper airplanes). However, there were many other uses put to the product when it was first introduced into America in the 18th century. Paper ...

An old wooden boat that spent years languishing at the bottom of the Swan River is now an interactive art exhibit as part of the Fremantle Festival. Dubbed The Field Guide to Homemaking, the boat-come ...

ANY BEVERAGE can be made to taste good or nutritious. But how many can tell a story? Neeraj Kakkar’s Paper Boat does. Remember the times when you would be playing ‘gully cricket’ during your summer ...

There was being a child, and then there is wanting so desperately to stay as one — being so fraught and bruised and tired with the heresy of time. There you are, placing the rainbow-colored paper boat ...

In April, when The Seattle Times published a list of every bookstore that's been covered in the Neighborhood Reads series over the past five years, readers from all over the region wrote in to ...