TO KINETIC ENERGY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. CATAPULTS ARE A BATTLE WEAPON DATING BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES, AND NOW THAT SAME CONCEPT SHAPES OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA ...

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King Arthur’s lasting renown is one for the books. But a statistical spotlight now shines on medieval European literature’s round table of lost and forgotten stories. An international team used a ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin. By Jack Tamisiea Medieval scribes ...

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Using CT scanning on 16th-century books, researchers uncovered bits of parchment salvaged from handwritten manuscripts. By Katherine Kornei Even in medieval times, recycling was in vogue: Bits of ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Sometimes, a great find is hiding right beneath one’s nose in ...

A life-size 3D model of a grinning old woman holding a walking stick looks like a contemporary elder on a stroll through her neighborhood. In reality, this woman lived nearly 800 years ago in Norway, ...

Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed more than 1,500 medieval silver coins after a citizen unexpectedly noticed what looked like "small metal plates" while digging during a construction project.