Decades after Mr. Goldberg, a cartoonist, died, artists and engineers have found creative inspiration in his outlandish inventions. By Sam Corbin What’s the simplest way to open a can? Faced with this ...

Jennifer George, Rube Goldberg's granddaughter, talks with members of Purdue's Society Professional Engineers and Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers team. The Purdue team is claiming a world ...

Dominoes topple, marbles roll, and everyday objects transform into extraordinary chain reactions under the guidance of award-winning children's author Catherine Thimmesh, who brings the captivating ...

The fastest path is directly between two points, but where's the fun in that? Children's Museum Houston will be teaching kids all about physics using the outlandish and absurd techniques of Rube ...

CHICAGO — Cartoonist Rube Goldberg (1883–1970) was best known for his depictions of complicated contraptions with far too many moving parts built to solve the simplest of problems. These “Rube ...

Support your source for local news today! Many people know Rube Goldberg as an adjective — a shorthand description for a convoluted device or contraption. But Rube Goldberg was a real person — one who ...