Forgotten, priceless medieval book found in school library

For generations, a misidentified medieval manuscript was hidden in a 474-year-old English boarding school’s library. After a ...
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The Science of It: Engineering Week - Catapults and Medieval Designs

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 ...
New Atlas

Medieval monks and lunar eclipses shed light on ancient volcanos

What do medieval monks and volcanic eruptions have in common? According to a team of researchers led by the University of Geneva, quite a bit because chronicles from the 12th and 13th century are ...
Live Science

Medieval pendant found in a garbage pit may hold the bones of a saint

Neutron imaging revealed that a medieval pendant from Germany holds fragments of bone, possibly those of a saint. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...
Live Science

Remains of 14th-century gauntlet discovered in Oslo's medieval harbor

An excavation in Oslo's former harbor has yielded the remains of a rare iron gauntlet, likely lost by a medieval knight in the 14th century. Archaeologists with the Norwegian Institute for Cultural ...
The New York Times

A Hospital Visit Reveals Medieval Secrets Hidden in Books

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 ...