Marble runs are one of the most fun STEM toys available. They consist of a number of different trough-shaped pieces that marbles roll through to end up at the finishing point. They help kids start to ...

Elliott, left, and Sam Coffey race marbles on their Space Racer Marble Run. Elliot Coffey races marbles on his Space Racer Marble Run. Elliott, left, and Sam Coffey race marbles on their Space Racer ...

Kids have been having fun with marbles for thousands of years, but this incredibly cool build-it-yourself marble run takes things to a whole new level – and it's designed to inspire children to learn ...

I’ve always liked making toys multifunctional. In fact my kids often seem to have more fun making up their own uses for them than they do playing with them in the “official” manner. Take the ...

STOCKTON - As 7-year-old Francisco Carlos discovered that wooden pegs in a piece of pegboard have to be placed closer on a line or the U-shaped piece of wood they're intended to support will slide ...

There are few things that can keep a certain kind of mechanically-inclined mind entranced as well as a marble run, and few structures that look as interestingly organic as procedurally-generated ...

Aren’t ball races and marble runs fun? Wouldn’t they be so much more enjoyable if you didn’t have to climb back up the ladder each time, as it were, and reset the thing? [Johannes] wrote in to tell us ...