Despite the name, pencils have never been made with lead. They’re made with graphite, a form of carbon. Just where does graphite come from, and why did we decided to write with it? NPR took a look ...

No one in the world knows how to make the newspaper you are holding (and, if you’re reading this on your phone, computer, iPad or Kindle, no one knows how to make those things either). Even the best ...

Roald Dahl, best-selling author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” sharpened six of them each day before he started writing. ESPN football analyst Lee Corso often holds one on TV. The iconic ...

Sharp, dull, bitten, broken or whittled down to a stub: The pencil, no matter what its condition, holds a special place in the popular imagination. After all, our first writing utensil will always be ...

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If you’re a fan of calming ASMR, you’re in for a real treat. In this episode of MADE HERE—filmed at the Voskresenskaya Pencil Factory, about 50 miles southwest of Moscow—we’re taking you through the ...