Plotting and graphing don’t sound like much fun. Building a trebuchet – that’s a different story. Students in Joe Miller’s math class at Carver Magnet School recently built model trebuchets – medieval ...

My son had to build a trebuchet for a school science project. It turned into a case of trial and error—and error. Amazing as it may seem, I'd never actually built a ...

Engineering students at Kennesaw State University turned medieval physics into a smashing success Thursday, launching ...

Engineer and YouTuber Colin Furze has a reputation for building devices and mobiles that are exceptionally dangerous to operate. Such as this spinning knife-belt, or this 360-degree backyard swing.

In 2009, four 13-year-olds in the bodies of 30-something men built a medieval siege engine in the backyard of a suburban single-family home. The result: bowling balls, old television sets and used ...

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