Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one of the most ...

Pencils, erasers, ballpoint pens - it was always fun to start a new term with a new brace of equipment in your pencil case. And have you ever thought about the history behind those school essentials?

The mysterious quantum universe questions our conventional understanding of reality. In this reality, particles can exist in ...

Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one of the most ...

It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that ...

On June 10, 1943, the patent for the ballpoint pen was filed. To celebrate National Ballpoint Pen Day (#BallpointPenDay), we've pulled together writing implements from across our collection. National ...

On June 10, 1943, the patent for the ballpoint pen was filed. To celebrate National Ballpoint Pen Day (#BallpointPenDay), we've pulled together writing implements from across our collection. National ...

Objective To examine the suitability of commonly available ballpoint pens as a substitute emergency tracheostomy tube. Methods commonly available ballpoint pens were examined and compared against two ...

If you look at 150 years of grooming history, it comes up and down ... But what claim can a maker of good ol' ballpoint pens, lighters, and razors make to be a tech company?

Try experimenting with different colours of ballpoint pen to create layers of texture. Light-coloured felt tips can easily pick up darker colours from a drawing surface. This can be avoided by ...

2 Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany Objective In motion pictures and anecdotal reports, ballpoint pens have been used for ...