The first known use of humans using wind to perform mechanical work with machines dates back to ninth-century Persian windmills. But if we count sailing vessels among those machines, the history ...

The feat of Polynesian wayfinding—navigating by stars, wind, and waves—had long been discounted by scholars on the grounds that ancient Polynesians didn’t have the knowledge to be master navigators.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Aspiring canoe builders will once again set sail from North Beach in Lake Charles tomorrow for the third annual Canoe Building Competition. The event, hosted by the City of ...