The counterweight trebuchet was invented in the Mediterranean region in the late 12th century, and it was adopted in northern Europe and deep into Islamic-controlled areas. To this day, historians ...

Watch a team of carpenters, framers, engineers, and historians recreate a medieval throwing machine called a trebuchet.

A trebuchet has a lever arm with a large, heavy counterweight on one end and a smaller projectile on the other end. When the counterweight is raised up, it has lots of gravitational potential energy.

The trebuchet was one of the most devastating weapons of the Middle Ages. During medieval sieges, this destruction machine crushed castle walls. Using trial and error, medieval engineers adjusted ...

The trebuchet was the most feared siege weapon of the Middle Ages, capable of hurling massive stones to destroy castles. Here’s how it worked! Taiwan won't take reciprocal tariffs against US ...

Have you ever sat down and thought “I wonder if a trebuchet could launch a projectile at supersonic speeds?” Neither have we. That’s what separates [David Eade] from the rest of u… ...