The cheirosiphōn (“hand-siphōn”), a portable flamethrower spewing Greek Fire, a Byzantine invention, used from atop a flying bridge against a castle. Public Domain The Byzantine Empire has made ...

Readers discuss who the Budget is benefiting, if new economic plans will lower the cost of food and Metro’s cartoons (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) This reader says it’s time for the Budget to ...

At the famous Warwick Castle in Warwickshire, England, visitors will soon have the opportunity to see a gigantic medieval war weapon in action. This elaborate wooden contraption is a catapult-style ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The trebuchet was the most fearsome ...

A student at La Pietra tries out the flight simulator at the TechZone, which also includes virtual reality, robotics and esports. A La Pietra — Hawaii School for Girls student works on a model of a ...

Team of first- to fourth-year mechanical engineering students goes the distance for the win over peers at Fairleigh Dickinson University Nearly a dozen students from Stevens Institute of Technology’s ...

Who says learning about history must be stuffy? University of Texas at Arlington history students threw down the gauntlet, challenging their counterparts in the College of Engineering to a contest of ...

The trebuchet was the most feared siege weapon of the Middle Ages, capable of hurling massive stones to destroy castles. Here’s how it worked! SNL’s cold open mocks Trump, Hegseth in 51st season ...

JERUSALEM — An Israeli military mission to uncover Hezbollah combat positions and hidden cross-border routes has brought an ancient technology back to life, according to an expert and footage from the ...

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