Every room in Ray Hall’s home features some kind of science toy. Some of the Fresno State physics professor’s vast array of toys are simple, like tippy tops that, when spun, suddenly flip to spin on ...

Spinning toys and tops have unusual behaviors. Spinning toys and tops have unusual behaviors. The famous tippe top flips itself over and spins on its stem. The PhiTOP stands up on its end, which you ...

Thanks to the lovable geeks on TV’s “The Big Bang Theory,” an Escondido inventor’s decades-old toy is now spinning with new life. On the popular show’s Feb. 16 episode, astrophysicist Raj tried to ...

It's no secret that kids of all ages love toys, but do they know the science involved in getting them to work? To get to the bottom of some of these questions be sure to wend your way over to "Physics ...

Often you see or hear toy commercials finished with one peculiar tagline: batteries not included. However jokable this may sound, it exposes an inconvenient reality: toys, by the count of millions, ...