competition Competition is fierce in 'Sheep to Shawl,' where teams have 3 hours to weave a shawl from freshly-shorn sheep Rusty Blazenhoff
art Why Richard Scarry chose animals over humans in his revolutionary children's books Mark Frauenfelder
new york city Teeter on the edge of your seat watching this cyclist race through Manhattan Natalie Dressed
book reviews A new art book, "Mask Garden," reveals the psychological horror of vintage UK paperback covers Mister Dobo
genetics Mutant worms engineered with spider genes spin silk six times tougher than bulletproof Kevlar David Pescovitz