Gunpowder changed warfare slowly at first and then with overwhelming force. This episode traces its path from early ...

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses how science and armed conflict have been intertwined throughout history, from the ...

The story that caught my attention was that the dolls were not made by a toy company, but were produced by a Soviet gunpowder ...

AI is advancing faster than ever – reshaping power, warfare, and privacy. Kate Crawford warns the biggest decisions about its ...

I searched eBay for a “nevalyaska.” I just had to have one because of the fascinating story I came across about this little doll’s origin in the Soviet Union. The doll, sometimes called a roly-poly, ...

Players can find Gunpowder in Windrose by killing the enemy pirates and looting their camps. But these camps respawn on a daily basis, so it's worth keeping an eye on them. If luck favors, then ...

Piston engine designs have existed since the 1400s. Even Leonardo da Vinci experimented with various designs. And throughout the centuries, engineers have used just about every sort of fuel imaginable ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Technology and entertainment in ...

The history of human progress is usually defined by brilliant minds solving the world’s most pressing issues, but sometimes, that creative spark lands on something entirely unnecessary. We live in a ...

You've probably found gunpowder clumps in Grounded 2 without realizing what they were before the Toxic Tangle update. This fairly rare resource comes from buster-caps scattered throughout the park, ...

The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and collaborative. John Logie Baird with his transmitting station on March 19, ...