I've been thinking about jewelry-making lately. Not silversmithing, metal clay or fused-glass jewelry. Nothing that requires kilns or torches, drills or bits, stamps or blades. No goggles or fire ...

Fans of the colorful and quirky String Tings say they generate joy. By Vivian Morelli Does your phone really need a strap? Or perhaps you do — at least that is what some of the reviews on the String ...

While science and crafting may seem disparate, Lawther — the owner of String Bead, a beading and jewelry-making supply store in Chico — said there’s more commonality between the two than one would ...

I use clear fishing line to string bead necklaces. It takes time to match the clear end with the bead hole. I cut the length of line and lay it on piece of paper, then "paint" the ends with a ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Laker Fatuma’s big smile threatens to turn up the wattage in the already bright Ugandan sky as she rolls bright-green beads in the shade of a mango tree. Fatuma has reason to smile: ...

Could you ever imagine that a string of beads can act as a contraceptive device to avoid unintended pregnancies? Well CycleBeads just does that by helping women to follow the Standard Days Method (SDM ...

The mathematician Ben Green of the University of Oxford has made a major stride toward understanding a nearly 100-year-old combinatorics problem, showing that a well-known recent conjecture is “not ...