Like many of the Thames & Kosmos science kits, this is one pretty advanced toy. I hesitate to actually call this a toy as it is a great electronics set for learning about how computers work. But I’ll call it a toy based on the simple fact that this is pretty darn fun. While many […]

Many of us who grew up in the sixties and seventies (and probably earlier too) might remember putting together a crystal radio kit. I remember my first one- from a Radio Shack kit when I was 10 years old back in 1980. It was one of the few Christmas presents I specifically remember asking for. […]

    A lot of you may have heard of Sue, the T-Rex and wondered who the heck she is. Well, she is the most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton ever found.  Sue was found in 1990 by the paleontologist Sue Hendrickson. The great dino was named after her (although it isn’t known if the specimen was […]