Since its introduction to the public at Gimbels Department Store in Philadelphia in 1945, the Slinky has been one of the best-selling toys in America. This simple, steel spring developed by Richard James, a naval engineer who was trying to produce an...

The Slinky is a toy made of a coil of steel that slithers up and down steps, one half propelling the other demonstrating the physical laws of inertia (matter's propensity to keep moving in the same direction) and Hooke's law (its tendency to return to...

A Slinky, or "Lazy-Spring," is a coil-shaped toy invented by mechanical engineer Richard James in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] Slinkys come in various sizes. The shape is a simple helix, or coil design, of a ribbon of material, originally metal. The...

In a new online striptease, the buxom, beautiful blonde who promises to remove her slinky scraps of lingerie doesn't want your money. She's interested in your brain. Really.The creation of online scammers, she's trying to trick unsuspecting Internet users into helping the scammers break the...

GREENSBORO, Pa. _ Giving sultry looks and sexy smiles to the camera, 12 Pittsburgh-area women recently posed at Monongahela historical sites, baring it all _ or almost all _ to create a charity-driven calendar. The catch?The nearly nude ladies are all in their 70s and...

It's muggy under the great tent of the "Big Apple Circus," now celebrating its 30th year, and your view may depend on the height of the person sitting in front of you, or even two rows in front.But you need only bring some bottled water...

Downtown Brooklyn's gonna look busy soon, with thousands of square feet of residential property going up, as Matthew Schuerman reports in today's Observer. But another nearby development, the Brooklyn Public Library's Visual and Performing Arts branch, at Flatbush and Layfayette avenues in Fort Greene,...