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Introduced back in early 2020, the SMARTIVITY family of do-it-yourself kits by Elenco — makers of the also-excellent Snap Circuits product line — are a series of wood-and-rubber-band activity kits designed to get kids thinking about and playing with all kinds of scientific, mechanical, and mathematic subjects: gravity, hydraulics, centrifugal force, elasticity, optics, momentum, pressure, and so on. To that end, they offer a whole bunch of different engineering kits to explore those topics: Pinball Machine ($39) — Teaches kids about levers, momentum, and energy transfer. Music Machine ($44) — A fully functioning mechanical xylophone for learning about gear mechanics,...

     I had preordered the Action Force Weapons Pack Alpha through Big Bad Toy Store and it arrived in my pile of loot sometime this summer. I shipped my pile of loot sometime last month and I'm finally getting around to checking out another of the excellent accessory packs from Valaverse. I reviewed Weapons Pack Bravo back in February and I reviewed the original Action Force Prototype Armaments set in 2021, so I've had a bit of experience with the Valaverse Action Force accessories.  This set is $13 dollars and comes with 10 weapons plus extra magazines and some excellent...

If you’re short on time but have a party to plan, these mobile party businesses are a fantastic way to get the celebration going at your house Sure, hosting a kid’s birthday party can be a rewarding and entertaining endeavor but planning it can also eat up a lot of your time. We’ll make it a piece of cake for you with our scoop on mobile party businesses that deliver the fun right to your doorstep. Your little party animal is sure to love these mobile birthday parties, and the convenience factor can’t be beat. From Elite Teepees and science...

Illustrations by Sergiy MaidukovI had no business going to Ukraine. The country didn’t need another reporter to cover the war. Ukrainian journalists were already doing that much better than I could hope to, and so were plenty of foreigners. I had never set foot in Ukraine; I spoke neither of its languages; I was, my children told me, too old to be a war correspondent again. It would be completely pointless to get killed over there. But selfishness is an underrated motive among journalists. I told myself and others that Ukraine is the most important story of our time, that...

A whilst again we designed a servicing checklist for your home’s exterior. This 7 days we preferred to share with you CRD’s greatest home routine maintenance checklist for your home’s inside. We targeted on 12 main components of your home that need once-a-year maintenance to be kept in leading form. Some of the merchandise on this listing will be seasonal home routine maintenance chores, so pay shut awareness! You do not want to be changing your HVAC filters soon after spending all winter season with the HVAC procedure blowing hot dust all around your home. See under for a printable...