Researchers at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, say the main component of Silly Putty potentially has a vast array of medical uses. Watch the video below -- Researchers at Trinity College in Dublin ...

Here’s the word of the day: viscoelastic. It is a substance that seems solid but slowly drips into a puddle over time. The same substance if pulled quickly snaps and breaks. As part of continuing ...

Silly putty is stretchy and sticky, and if you're not careful, its ooey-gooey texture can easily get stuck in places you don't want it, like your carpet, couch, and clothes. If you get silly putty ...

Two hundred times stronger than steel, yet highly flexible with unique electronic properties, the carbon-based material, graphene, is one of the most exciting discoveries of recent decades. Now, ...

It was an ingenious idea — so straightforward it was almost forehead-slappingly intuitive: Comment on the dysmorphic appearance of extensive plastic surgery patients by monoprinting realist portraits ...

Now that I have a 10-month-old grandson I’ve been thinking a lot about Christmas toys. I was perusing the toy aisle last week and I spotted a great ole stocking stuffer—an egg filled with Silly Putty.