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 ...

I tugged at the rubber band tied around a packet of coriander powder only to have it snap with a ping and zip off like a rocket to land I knew not where. This happened one morning when I was making ...

Cheap, reliable, and strong, the rubber band is one of the world’s most ubiquitous products. It holds papers together, prevents long hair from falling in a face, acts as a reminder around a wrist, is ...