A friend of mine and I both have a similar project in mind, the manufacture of custom footwear with our hackerspace’s shiny ...

Whether out of mischief or just plain boredom, most of us have fired a rubber band slingshot at some point. It’s a pretty thoughtless task: Hook a rubber band around your thumb, stretch it backwards ...

Hundreds and perhaps even thousands of years before Charles Goodyear discovered the vulcanization process that made commercial rubber viable, Mesoamerican peoples were carrying out a similar process ...

The public playground in Bandon, a small town on the blustery coast of Oregon, has everything a kid could want. Swings and an orange, twisting slide, even a bright blue boat. But after the playground ...

I blame Destin and his interesting sling shot video. Watch it. In this video, he claims that rubber bands do not act like springs. By "acting like springs" of course he means Hooke's law. This ...

Traditionally, there’s not been a whole lot of sexiness associated with rubber watch straps. Certain watch collectors and aficionados have been known to argue the finer points of vintage Tropic and ...

The black-and-white photograph shows a man, perched on the edge of a wooden deck, looking down at two objects. At first, you can't take in what they are. In the background are palm trees. Two other ...

From whitetail to frogs and everything in between, rubber hunting boots serve a variety of needs, depending on what game you chase. I’ve worn several different brands throughout the years, but the ...

Following the killing of George Floyd, protests erupted throughout the United States. In many areas, law enforcement officers are using extreme measure to control crowds, including the use of rubber ...

National Rubber Ducky Day is celebrated every Jan. 13 The bathtub toy gained massive popularity in the '70s due to "Sesame Street" Rubber ducks helped scientists learn more about ocean currents and ...

The act of placing a rubber duck on someone's Jeep—called Jeep "ducking" and/or "Duck Duck Jeep"—began with one person, named Allison Parliament, from a small town in the Canadian province of Ontario.