CHEYENNE — If this is the first time you’ve heard or read the name “Rube Goldberg,” you’re not alone. The Rube Goldberg machine is essentially an umbrella term for a machine that utilizes a chain ...

The image of a sad tuna wrap was the impetus for hundreds of hours animating “Busy Bodies,” which is premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

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

Do you remember the music video for This Too Shall Pass by OK Go? It’s basically three and a half minutes of an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine captured in a single shot—no small feat whatsoever. The ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A team of Purdue University engineering students has won the annual Rube Goldberg Machine contest with an absurdly complex contraption for changing the batteries in a ...