As you use iOS 17, you find over and over that there are small updates that make a big difference — and one of them is that the Camera app now comes with a spirit level. The first job in using iOS ...

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A man who has been collecting traditional tools and spirit levels for 30 years has turned his hobby into a full-time career. David Nicholas, who owns Fenland Tools near Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, ...

When using a spirit level (aka bubble level) to mark mounting points on a wall, you almost need three hands. The Levelmarker 2.0 is designed to address that problem, by combining level-holding and ...

There is a well-known story of a gentleman who held that Earth was flat. He took a spirit level on a long-haul flight and afterwards announced that, other than during take-off and landing, the ...

Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging from the minutiae of everyday life to absurd astronomical hypotheticals. To ...