On April 21, 1775, Virginia’s last royal governor, John Murray, the Earl of Dunmore, ordered Royal Marines to remove 15 barrels of gunpowder stores ... who had just delivered his famous ...

“I’m just really frightened about the sudden loss ... reminded all present that the freedoms celebrated today were born in gunpowder and grief, according to organizers of the event.

Silas Deane, left, worked with Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, center, to secure gunpowder from Antoine ... so they didn’t need the best—they just needed any at all.

Part of the completion process of a prospective production well, cementing can be used to seal the annulus after a casing string has ... The bottom plug is then caught just above the bottom ...

It took the invention of atomic weapons in the Second World War to focus scholarly minds on just where explosive arms came from, how they have succeeded in altering the boundaries of the world in ...

Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis. Known as 'the people's pope', he worked to make the church ...

On Thursday at the Harrisburg Bureau of Fire, an elderly man named John Wardle, the Christian chaplain from the Penn Township ...

He kept moving. Each year that passed, he felt he was still adding more time to his life. He wasn't just aging—he was outpacing time through his habits. This shows that while genetics do play a ...

“I was surprised at just what a huge and diverse range of values we ended up with, more than 3,000, from ‘self-reliance’ to ‘strategic thinking’ to ‘filial piety,'” Huang told ...

Why an energy drinks company drained most of its startup funds designing a clear plastic container with an aluminum top ...