Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sure, paper clips end up floating around junk drawers and clutter desk tops, but they're good for more than just organizing papers ...

The paper clip might seem like an ordinary object in your stationery drawer, but its simplicity hides a surprisingly rich history and wide range of uses. Designed to hold sheets of paper together, ...

James Ward has an unusual attachment to paper clips. And when he sees one, he sees "a piece of art, but it's also a piece of useful art." And like any serious art appreciator, he is also a collector.

The paper clip, or "Clippit" as it was named, used to be the default Office Assistant in Microsoft Word for Windows. Its purpose is to offer help and advice to users. Due to the negative response to ...

Zara Home makes some very nice goods for the home and the office, including these ingenious jumbo paper clips that can hold a pen or pencil. But I balked at the price tag — $12 for two pieces of bent ...

For years, U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated a story about the invention of the paper clip. While on the 2024 campaign trail, he repeatedly claimed that a man first came up with the idea for ...

The surface of water is stronger than you might think. If placed gently enough, some things that would normally sink can stay up on top! Try the activity and see how strong the surface of water can be ...

Ryan Sutton is a contributing restaurant critic at the New York Times and the founder of The Lo Times, a food media newsletter. He was previously Eater NY’s chief critic. Not too long into dinner at ...

Two alumni of upstate dining destination Blue Hill at Stone Barns now have their very own ambitious fine dining restaurant in the West Village — one that puts their French training into dishes with ...

President Donald Trump was asked Monday whose idea it was to deploy ICE agents to 13 airports around the country. The president responded that it was his idea, but he also went on a bizarre tangent ...

For years, U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated a story about the invention of the paper clip. On March 23, 2026, Trump claimed responsibility for sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...