I Got to Fire a Trebuchet. It Was Even Greater Than I Ever Imagined.
The trebuchet was the most fearsome weapon of medieval times, a giant catapult that could lay waste to any fortress by battering its walls with boulders.
45-hour voyage in replica canoe tests Paleolithic migration theory
"We initiated this project with simple questions: 'How did Paleolithic people arrive at such remote islands as Okinawa? How difficult was their journey? And what tools and strategies did they use?'"