Plotting and graphing don’t sound like much fun. Building a trebuchet – that’s a different story. Students in Joe Miller’s math class at Carver Magnet School recently built model trebuchets – medieval ...

My son had to build a trebuchet for a school science project. It turned into a case of trial and error—and error. Amazing as it may seem, I'd never actually built a ...

Engineer and YouTuber Colin Furze has a reputation for building devices and mobiles that are exceptionally dangerous to operate. Such as this spinning knife-belt, or this 360-degree backyard swing.

Senior projects come in a wide range of ideas, but perhaps none had a wider range itself than Kirsten Augdahl’s. Augdahl, who recently graduated at the top of her class from Chaska High School, spent ...

BETTENDORF, Iowa (KWQC) - A trebuchet is a type of catapult that uses a long arm to launch an object. Friday, students from several high schools came together to compete in Bettendorf High School’s ...

In 2009, four 13-year-olds in the bodies of 30-something men built a medieval siege engine in the backyard of a suburban single-family home. The result: bowling balls, old television sets and used ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5uX_Z7VZ6k&hl=en&fs=1] I don’t have the time, patience, carpentry skills, open space, or wherewithal to build my own ...