While it may have escaped the notice of anyone under 40 years old, the pinkish goo in the red plastic egg stomped into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2001, where, with more than 300 million units or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aibekov Daniyar / Getty Images Silly putty is stretchy and sticky, and if you're not careful, its ooey-gooey texture can easily ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have combined nanomaterial graphene and the kid's toy Silly Putty, creating a sensor sensitive enough for a range of applications, including measuring spider ...

This sticky goo may be fun for your kids to play with, but getting it off your carpets, furniture upholstery and clothing is tricky. The folks at Crayola, the brand that bought Silly Putty in 1977, ...

Silly Putty, the toy ubiquitous in nearly every household and elementary classroom, is the inspiration behind the latest type of wearable sensors. The putty is essentially a polymer, and if combined ...

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As anyone who was ever a kid knows, silly putty is awesome. It bounces, it melts, and if you leave it on the carpet it gets stuck in there forever. Silly putty is a simple invention, made of boric ...

The inventor of Silly Putty probably didn’t find the substance that silly. Not only did he not make any money off of it, he doesn’t even get a clean claim at the invention: at least two men have ...

Silly Putty: the rubbery stuff that started the revolution in play putty. Millions of gobs of it have been sold since the 1950s, and it shows no signs of stopping. What would childhood be without this ...

Most people would agree: Silly putty is one of those throwback toys from our childhood that we would love to bring back into our lives. Well, thanks to the latest makeup innovation, you finally can, ...

Well, let's say it "swallows" magnets. What you have here is, in fact, Silly Putty, but doctored with a healthy sprinkling of mixed iron oxide powder. Iron, as you know, likes magnets. Iron and ...

I always liked a little silly putty when I was younger, but now there’s a new blob on the block. The next generation of silly putty, now called ‘Magnetic Thinking Putty,’ has millions of tiny ...