An Academy Award-nominated movie is casting a bright spotlight on an unusual machine at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The science museum's 200-year-old automaton is a mechanical doll ...

On the phone from his home in Brooklyn, Brian Selznick, author of illustrated novel “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” sounds more like your witty Jewish cousin from New York than the creator of a story ...

The Franklin Institute's automaton can't help you find a good sushi place, direct you out of a traffic jam or check your bank balance. But the automaton, a mechanical doll animated by a complex system ...

Robert Nott More than 200 years ago, Swiss watchmaker Henri Maíllardét created an invention that still captivates children of all ages -- particularly as a version of it recently popped up in the ...

Brian Selznick has a knack for writing whimsical, nostalgic stories starring precocious children. For the second screen adaptation of his work, he penned the screenplay for “Wonderstruck,” in theaters ...