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The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern ...

The Sphinx and Pyramid of Giza. Credit: Sam and Ian / CC BY-NC 2.0. Have scientists discovered vast structures underneath the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt? This is a claim that has been circulating in ...

IN March 1839, the historic little screw-driven vessel S.S. Archimedes began her trials in the River Thames. A month or two later she visited Portsmouth, and afterwards made voyages around the ...

Boride ceramics have the uncanny power to tolerate anything extreme, and now we finally know how to produce them easily.

The higher the speed, measured in revolutions per minute (RPM), the faster your driver can sink or remove screws. Faster isn’t always better though, especially with smaller screws. To maintain ...