I find ballpoint pens all over the place: on classroom floors, behind desks. Dozens of castaways collect in cups on every teacher’s desk. They’re so ubiquitous that the word “ballpoint” is ...

Everyone was clamoring for the hottest new technology – the ballpoint pen. This new pen cost $12.50, which is about $180 today. For many people, the improved experience that the ballpoint ...

[Bill Hammack], aka the [EngineerGuy] is at it again, this time explaining how retractable ballpoint pens work. In this excellent video, he describes the simple (but remarkably sophisticated ...

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 ...

A cup of molasses and a pitcher of water were just two of the props David Suzuki used to help viewers understand the science of an everyday implement: the ballpoint pen. "It involves a free ...