Playing music is a common way to deal with the winter blues, and a rubber band guitar is a classic rubber-based household project. Just take a shoebox and stretch a few bands tightly around to get ...

This means that if I stretch the rubber band a distance of about 20 centimeters (that's around the breaking point) then there would be 1.8 Joules of energy stored in it. But wait!

Obtain a rubber band at least 0.5 cm wide. Quickly stretch the rubber band and then press it against your lips. You will feel a slight warming effect. You can also carry out the reverse process. First ...

Now I just collect them and give them back to my mail carrier once in a while. It’s just easier than tackling the larger problem. R.K. Dillon, Park Slope • • • To the editor, I have a suggestion after ...

Not only does it feel warmer, though, a rubber band literally heats up when you stretch them. We can see this in action with a thermal imaging camera. As the rubber band is stretched, it heats up.

This week we are going to find out what happens when you add heat to a stretched rubber band, and just to "let the cat out of the bag", it is probably going to be the opposite of what you think!

The problems that you might have with a Stretch Shelf start with the realization that you need storage space for something more than a couple of books. So you try and stretch out the rubber band ...

Finding Balance However, we must not stretch the band too much in order to avoid its breakage. Similar to a rubber band, there is also a limit to how far we can stretch ourselves.

That's it. Now I can use this rubber-band-and-ruler combo to find some unknown masses. All I need to do is to hang the mass from the rubber band and record the stretch distance (in centimeters).