The “gunpowder revolution,” Murray says, was a momentous event of the early modern period. Though invented in the East, gunpowder had only small-scale effects there. In Europe it spurred ...

This invention remained merely as a chemical curiosity ... of gun-cotton thus prepared is equal in strength to eight parts of the best gunpowder. Great hopes were once entertained that it would ...

Fierce competition and inventions such as gunpowder spurred the rapid evolution of military power in Europe. Many battles ...

Historian Han Qi on why the exchange of scientific knowledge is so important - from astronomy and salt wells to high-speed trains Han Qi is a professor of Chinese history and culture at Hong Kong ...

NASA's fragrance "Eau de Space," which captures the scent of space itself, is now available to the public for purchase.

Fireworks have long been a dazzling centerpiece of New Year’s Eve celebrations, lighting up the night sky as people welcome a ...

While it was nice to mostly stay put in Silo 18 last week and watch Knox and Shirley storm up the staircase with the Down ...

Working out who invented the car is a long and winding road, and pinpointing a single person responsible is not a simple matter. If you rewind the development of cars past GPS, past antilock ...

VALORANT is kicking off the new year with a new Agent who will light up the in-game battlefield with explosive abilities.

Right before the Yuletide holiday, Kotaro (the human host of Ultraman Taro) meets a young girl named Hitomi. Hitomi’s life was once saved by Alien Miracle who was visiting Earth. However, Alien ...

Five directors who tried to change cinema and failed spectacularly, including William Castle, Peter Jackson, Kerry Conran, Jack Cardiff, and Richard L Bare.