About Me

What Does Me Mean to Me?

There are millions of people in the world. Many are grown-ups. But a great many are children. Some are boys. Some are girls. Boys . . . girls . . . big or small . . . thin or fat . . . short or…

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How Things Work

Speeding up molecules

Can you fry ice cubes? You can try—but if you heat ice cubes in a pan, they won’t be ice cubes any more. The ice will melt into water. And, after a while, the water will boil and turn into steam….

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How Things Work

A machine that never stops?

For twenty-seven years Dr. Coatsworthy Mothbold has been building an automatic polka-dotting machine. It can paint polka dots on anything—walls and windows, shirts and socks, even pretzels and…

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