PITTSBURGH — A jail inmate who was upset about an unsharpened pencil attacked a guard by "pile-driving" him onto his head and was charged with criminal homicide, authorities said. Gregory G. Brown, 24 ...

Scientists have discovered a 'molecular pencil sharpener' that chews away its outer coating to release a powerful antibiotic. Their discovery opens the door to finding new antibacterial agents and ...

Mark Miller has written for TV and film. He also writes a humor column for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and has been a stand-up comedian. It’s no secret that writers excel at procrastination. If we ...

The schoolyard sport of pencil fighting has gone pro. That's right, kids. All those years of covertly cracking your friend's pencil at the back of the classroom were not spent goofing off. They were ...

Picture a brand-new, unsharpened pencil. The graphite at its core can't be used for writing until a pencil sharpener chews away its wooden tip. Now picture microcin B17, an antibiotic that kills E.