GREENFIELD — While most teachers show their students how to simplify problems, Amy Fletcher likes to teach her students how to make the simplest tasks more complicated. The Greenfield-Central ...

The end result of this multi-step machine is to sweep dirt under the rug. submitted If, for some reason, you’re struggling with the concept of cause and effect, get yourself over to the Indiana State ...

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 ...

An exhibit explores the broader career of the legendary illustrator, who also was a political cartoonist, inventor, engineer, humorist and author. (JTA) — When one hears the name Rube Goldberg, one ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA — This artist is famous enough for his name to become an adjective recognizable over a century. His namesake Rube Goldberg machines make simple tasks ridiculously complicated. But did you ...

When the staff at the Queens Museum learned that a traveling exhibition dedicated to Rube Goldberg was touring the country, they knew their museum needed to be a stop. They also knew the museum had to ...

STOCKBRIDGE — You might not hear the phrase as often anymore, but every once in a while, something will be described as a "Rube Goldberg machine." This is not a compliment. Referring back to the work ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Philadelphia Contraption Contest, coming in April, teaches kids that life is ...