A cast member at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando was injured after he was hit by the massive rubber ball used in the ...

A Disney World employee in Orlando, Florida, gained attention for using his body to block a large rubber ball rolling toward ...

Steve Milton makes rubber band balls so large that if they were dropped from the top of a skyscraper, they would bounce clear into space and vaporize the moon. He's so good at it that he has ...

Ever wonder what would happen if you cut a rubber band ball in half? Father-and-son duo Lincoln and Dan certainly puzzled over it, and they decided to find out. Armed with an electric saw and five ...

Automobile bumpers that deform and recover rather than crack and splinter, computer cases that withstand the occasional rough encounter, and resilient coatings that can withstand the ravages of the ...

LAUDERHILL, Fla. -- Look, over there. Under that blue tarp in a suburban driveway. That thing that's the size of a Smart car? It's Joel Waul's rubber band ball. Waul has spent the last six years ...

A young shop worker from Lauderhill, Florida believes he's set to create the world's largest rubber band ball. Joel Waul, 27, has created an 8,200lb rubber band ball in the driveway of his home. The ...

LAUDERHILL, Fla.LAUDERHILL, Fla. — Look, over there. Under that blue tarp in a suburban driveway. That thing that’s the size of a Smart car? It’s Joel Waul’s rubber band ball. Waul has spent the last ...

NPR librarian Kee Malesky has been dubbed "the source of all human knowledge," saving NPR hosts and reporters from themselves for 20 years. She shares her adventures from the reference desk in a ...

A team of archaeologists has been excavating the Maya city of Tonina in southern Mexico, but some experts disagree with their claims. The archaeologists released a Spanish-language statement in which ...

Building a huge ball out of more than 175,000 rubber bands is dangerous business. Really. "The rubber bands ... sometimes they'll break. That hurts," said Steve Milton, whose 4,594-pound rubber band ...

Stable rubber may have taken until the 19th century to reach the Old World, but ancient Mesoamericans had been playing ball with the stuff since 1,600 BC. And new research suggests not only were they ...