On this day, instead of launching a dead horse or a 600-pound sow or a flaming piano into the blue sky of this pas­toral ...

A trebuchet has no spring or explosive charges. It works by simple force of gravity. The lighter end of the beam is pulled down, in this case by tractors, and that elevates the great weight box. When ...

The day after the stunning jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris, officials from across Washington’s world-famous museums were ...

The day after the jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris, officials from across Washington's world-famous museums were already talking, assessing and planning how to bolster their o ...

Completed in 2010 to mark the millennial anniversary of Hanoi, the Ceramic Mosaic Mural is the world’s largest ceramic mosaic, spanning 2.5 miles (4km) in length. What was once a grey concrete dyke ...

Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser confirmed that the studio considered a game set in the Middle Ages. The proposed idea, which included knights and mythological elements, remained in the discussion ...