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 ...

How often do you consider the pencil? Barely registers on your scale of mildly interesting objects, you say? For shame! You and I know that without the pencil, it would be difficult to come to the ...

CHICAGO -- Derek Harmes is going for the record of sticking the most pencils into his hair. He collected 18 boxes of unsharpened No. 2 pencils and got to work decorating his giant mane. He got 288 ...

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 ...