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Machines can make our life easier. A simple machine is something that can change the direction or strength of a force. All complicated machines are made of one or more simple machines. Simple machines can reduce the effort needed for you to run them. See if you can find the simple machines around you.

Books are made with paper. But what if we tried to make a book with metal? Copper, tin, gold, silver—would any of those materials work to make a book? Find out more about metal, its properties, and how it is produced. Then decide if you really could make a book out of metal.

2025 Nobel Prize Winners in Economics: The Idea Machine is a lively and beautifully illustrated picture book that introduces young readers to the power of imagination, invention, and progress.Join Idea Spark, a cheerful little lightbulb, as it zips across time and meets three real-life thinkers...