There was a time when Shrinky Dinks® was on almost every child’s Christmas list. Betty Morris of Brookfield, Wisconsin, invented the plastic polymer sheets in 1973. Kids could color designs on ...

Some plastic food containers and lids can take the heat. They come out of the dishwasher clean and ready for the next use. Other kinds of plastic containers bend or shrink when they get too hot. That ...

Both Slinky and Shrinky Dinks are recognized by TIME Magazine as two of the Top-All Time 100 Greatest Toys. Newsletter Today's breaking news and more in your inbox ...

This is part of our series on the Sexiest Scientists Alive. Shrinky Dinks, the flexible plastic sheets that shrink dramatically when heated but maintain their shape and color, reached the peak of ...