For the moment, let's move away from esoteric devices with limited or racing-only applications and toward the more common genre of hand tools that do-it-yourselfers and automotive enthusiasts are ...

An assortment of flat-head and Phillips screwdrivers is a must. Putty knives, a 5-inch drywall taping knife, a plastic ...

Nut-cracking monkeys don't just use tools. They use tools with skill. That's the conclusion of a new study that finds similar tool-use strategies between humans and Brazil's bearded capuchin monkeys, ...

A study of chimpanzees' use of hammers to open nuts in western Africa may provide fresh clues to how tools developed among human ancestors. A paper published in the May 24 issue of the journal Science ...