Rock-paper-scissors, also known as roshambo, has determined the outcome of millions of extremely important decisions. (That’s a rough estimate.) The knowledge that scissors cut paper, that rock ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers in Japan have developed a pair of molecular-scale scissors that open and close in response to light. The tiny scissors are the first example of a molecular machine capable ...

Workers in the Indian city of Meerut toil away in dangerous workshops to make a simple household item: scissors. But the centuries-old industry is struggling to survive, because cheaper scissors from ...

The UK's last artisan scissor maker says she is happy to be keeping the tradition alive. Grace Horne, 55, has been making scissors for the past 15 years after moving to Sheffield with an eye to learn ...