Froghoppers, also known as spittlebugs, are the champion insect jumpers, capable of reaching heights of 700mm -- more than 100 times their own body length. New research reveals that they achieve their ...

Putting a string on a stick and using it to launch another sharpened stick may possibly be one of the most primordial human experiences. Since approximately 20,000 B.C. (and likely before), humans ...

AMMAN — Among the oldest and most effective weapons of antiquity were simple and composite bows. Widely used during the Bronze Age, these weapons evolved over time, with significant advancements in ...

In the beginning, there were self bows - bows made from a single piece of wood - longbows and the improved but still primitive recurve bows to sustain millennia of wild-animal-eating humans and their ...

Froghoppers, also known as spittlebugs, are the champion insect jumpers, capable of reaching heights of 700 mm - more than 100 times their own body length. Research published today in the open access ...