When people ventured out onto the world’s waterways their mission was to traverse ponds, rivers, lakes, and oceans. These ...

Modern ocean liners weigh tens of thousands of tons, yet they remain effortlessly afloat thanks to principles discovered more ...

Before gunpowder, Ancient Greek engineers were already constructing devastating war machines, such as the Claw of Archimedes.

Himalayan snowfall may have been significantly underestimated for years, with a new study suggesting that previous estimates ...

Mountain snow and meltwater from glaciers in the Himalayas determine how much water is available for drinking, farming and ...

Archimedes' quote “Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty: ...

Sheffield Wednesday’s bold new era - on the pitch at least - starts in low-key surroundings this weekend. Alex Miller pens his preview.

Humanity does not know how far it has progressed. And it does not know how far it must not go. There is only one thing that is certain. Deep within history, something is watching the progress of ...

Ever wondered how a tiny nail sinks but a massive ship, weighing lakhs of tonnes, just floats on water? Let's check out the 'secret' science behind this.

Concrete ships sound like a bad idea, but Archimedes' Principle proves otherwise. Here is why engineers turned to this ...

Twelve-year-old Brenden Sener was so captivated by the Archimedes Death Ray legend that he explored its feasibility in a science project. Through his experiment, Sener demonstrated that mirrors could ...

The Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River was so huge it actually altered the Earth's rotation. Containing around 44 billion tons of water, this dam is the largest in the world. To match the scale ...