Play-Doh’s all well and good when it comes to entertaining a toddler. But when you grow up, you need science to deliver something a bit more captivating. And what could be a better way to waste away ...

Aaron Muderick is grateful to the anonymous pioneering office worker who thought to populate his or her desk with toys. Muderick was a software engineer when his go-to desk toy, Silly Putty, gave him ...