The piece — at once whimsical and thoughtful — explores the mechanical motions inherent in a classic “Rube Goldberg machine” (a chain-reaction contraption that typically involves levers ...

In the instance of Rube Goldberg machines, it’s precisely the point. Heck, the more time it wastes, as imaginatively as possible, the bigger the compliment it is. “A Rube Goldberg machine is ...

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 ...

DECATUR — The point of a Rube Goldberg is to create the most complicated machine you can, to do the simplest task you can imagine. Named for cartoonist Rube Goldberg, the machines perform chain ...