How an ancient hand game traveled from east to west and became an unbiased way to decide everything. Plus: Can you actually hack a match? Think back to the last time you and a friend had to settle ...

The characters of Alfred Hitchcock’s world wield an array of weapons: revolvers, rope, even cameras. Yet, as the director once noted, “A murder without gleaming scissors is like asparagus without the ...

The French and the English lined up on opposite sides of the battlefield. The drums rose and rose until they thundered in a deafening roar, at which point everyone agreed that it was actually too loud ...

Rock, paper, scissors, often seen as a game of chance, involves significant psychology and strategy. Game designer Nick Metzler offers insights into predictable human behaviors to increase winning ...

Of her 700-plus pairs of scissors, collector Grace Jenkins Goss has kept only a few scissors pins and a handmade jacket with a scissors print. Earlier this month, the Loveland woman donated her entire ...

Picture a pair of scissors, and there’s a good chance they’re orange. But have you ever wondered why? It’s all thanks to the 368-year-old Finnish company Fiskars, whose ubiquitous orange scissors ...