Equal parts educational, challenging, and entertaining, there’s nothing quite like giving a child a quality science toy with the hopes of sparking an interest in one of many useful scientific fields.

Tim Rowett is an avid collector of science-related toys. Robert P Crease and son drop in to play with them The wow factor: Tim Rowett, collector of scientific toys. “I have a low boredom threshold,” ...

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NEW YORK--Amid the madness of the 2007 American International Toy Fair here, a somewhat unexpected trend was visible: apparently, science rules. Sure, there were plenty of dolls, toy pistols, building ...

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 ...

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 ...