They’ve been a staple of entertainment since map engraver, John Spilsbury, created the first jigsaw puzzle in 1762. Mounting one of his master maps onto wood and then cutting around the countries, ...

Japan launched LignoSat, world’s first wooden satellite, into the space. This was launched by Japanese researchers.

Quite how the Peacocks could be so totally dominant in one half yet so miserably abject in the other will remain a conundrum for the management ...

The Lunenburg Public Library’s ever-popular puzzle swap is back on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., at the ...

In the case of the Corn Popper, the curators needed to find something recognizable to generations. The toy has been around ...

For example, when the jigsaw puzzle was inducted in 2002 ... “especially early versions with that plastic dome and the wooden balls hitting against it. Those did not survive in great condition.” ...

One Sunday night in February, Will Shortz was at his desk at home in Pleasantville, New York, when he leaned to his left and realized he couldn’t sit back up straight. “I knew immediately I ...

This time, the story unfolds in Japan and involves made-up secrets of a real-life imperial family. Mike has to solve a series ...

The “‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by’ poet” hint tasks you with recalling the author behind it. Recommended Videos I’m a pretty big literature ...