A new children’s book, titled Simple Machines Made Simple, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids as young as a year old. It recently beat its Kickstarter goal by 700%—raising more than ...

Learn more about how simple machines help make your work easier. A simple machine has few or no moving parts, but it can be used to create wonders. Learn more about how simple machines help make your ...

When you push or pull with a simple machine, you are applying a force and doing work. And, if you get more force out of a machine than you put into it, then that machine has a mechanical advantage.

If you have a young child, and that young child enjoys machines and vehicles, you may find your home filling up with toy cars and airplanes and motorcycles and cement mixers of every size from “lies ...