Sener has since earned multiple medals for his attempt to bring the ancient device to life. In his view, he as shown that ...

Pi, represented by the symbol π, is one of the most famous and important constants in mathematics. It is defined as the ratio ...

Archimedes of Syracuse was born in around 287 BCE in Sicily, and in the roughly 75 years he was around he basically invented ...

One of history’s dark jokes is that the Roman Empire, for all its vaunted accomplishments, only made a single great ...

Scientists have speculated about how Archimedes’ death ray purportedly harnessed sunlight to burn ships. Now, a teen may have evidence the device was plausible.

In ancient Greece, the famed inventor Archimedes devised a "death ray" that could harness the power of the sun. Centuries later, a 13-year-old proved it worked.

Ancient Greece mathematician Archimedes believed a death ray was plausible, so a middle school student from Canada put the concept to the test. Brenden Sener of Ontario won multiple medals for his ...

Archimedes was one of the greatest inventors of the classical world, and some of his most important discoveries are still in use today.

Scientists have speculated about how Archimedes’ death ray purportedly harnessed sunlight to burn ships. Now, a teen may have evidence the device was plausible.