As you may recall from a previous column, this is a non-traditional chess set. Instead of a king and queen, there are farm couples. Instead of knights, one side has dogs and the other has cats.

Amazon wants to dominate the three core layers of artificial intelligence: infrastructure, large language models, and ...

For artist Marilou Schultz, the ancestral practice of weaving melds with an unexpected contemporary source of inspiration.

In our Tool of the Year Awards, we’re recognizing hobbyist tools ranging from wood-carving knives with blades that stay ...

The Catawba Valley Wood Carvers Club announced the winner of the 2024 Mel Moose Award at its Oct. 19 meeting. The winner is Eugene “Gene” Parham of Hickory. Parham has been carving birds for ...

MIT researchers have developed an AI-powered robot that can build furniture and other objects from voice commands.

The detailed work of a lot of area quilters will be on display over the next week during the 20th Annual Heritage Quilt Show ...

The first patent issued for an invention by an American inventor was in 1790 for an improvement to potash production, and it ...

It’s an extraordinary place. A friendly place. Time magazine even put it on its “World’s Greatest Places” list in 2018. I’ve attended a bar mitzvah at the library; my kid’s prom was held there. I ...

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) on Tuesday tried to calm the nerves of Democrats heading into election week, saying they’re in a good spot as former President Trump and Vice President Harris ...

WOW. OH, SOMEBODY’S GOT A PARTY GOING ON. LOOK AT ALL THOSE PUMPKINS. THESE NEIGHBORS HOSTING A PUMPKIN CARVING NIGHT AHEAD OF HALLOWEEN. AND THERE’S NO SHORTAGE OF CREATIVITY, RIGHT THERE.