Greek engineer Hero of Alexandria designs the first steam engine; it has a pedestal, an altar, and a rotating ball—but no practical use. French inventor Denis Papin builds a cooker that traps steam ...

The expression "balls to the wall" has far less to do with male anatomy and quite possibly far more to do with the mechanical engineering genius of the steam engine. Of course, almost nobody would ...

Imagine traveling back in time about 2,200 years, to when nothing moves faster than the speed at which muscle or wind can move it. Think about how mind-shattering it would have been to see something ...

When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny superlatives ...

TONGCHUAN, China -- Liberation 2368 is a beautiful beast living on borrowed time. On most days, the huffing, puffing steam engine pants back and forth through the honey-colored hillsides of central ...