Jul. 12—FAIRMONT — Emily Wilson, Cass Berry and Mayor Anne Bolyard worked together on a spaghetti tower, held together by marshmallows wilting in the evening sunlight. Their task was to build the ...

Three Girl Scout Brownies huddled around a structure they had just created Saturday morning at the Suffolk Construction Co.’s Boston headquarters. Their building was made of uncooked spaghetti, ...

Equipped with spaghetti and marshmallows, second-graders at Independence Primary School set about building the tallest towers they could design. The future engineers were involved in a STEM challenge ...

Pasta and marshmallows are an unlikely duo, yet each February at the Whiting School of Engineering they unite young engineers in a test that defies gravity. The challenge: Construct the tallest tower ...