get a closeup look at the powerful and sometimes ingenious weapons that helped the colonies win the war. (Premiered April 9 at 9 pm on PBS) ...

"NOVA," PBS' award-winning documentary science series ... 69-caliber rounds en masse into another large group made for a lot of gruesome war wounds, as the colonial militia discovered at Lexington ...

I f seeing a musket turn a nice, ripe honeydew into fruit salad at 60 yards is your idea of fun, “Revolutionary War Weapons” may not be the show for you: What accomplishes the ...

The Lake Torpedo Boat Company had some World War I contracts but went out of business in 1924. Simon Lake received his first U.S. Navy contract. An inveterate tinkerer, Lake proved unable to keep ...

On the eve of World War II, scientists both in Germany and Great Britain realized that heavy water could be used in this way to make nuclear weapons. And because this potential still exists today ...

In an attempt to find an antidote to phosgene, a toxic gas used as a weapon during World War I, Nazi doctors exposed ... Peter Tyson is editor in chief of NOVA Online. Photos: (1) Hedy Epstein ...

Each took part in the Hogen Rebellion of 1156, a civil war fought over the disputed imperial line of succession following the death of the emperor Toba. The conflict resulted in the Taira rising ...

Watch On Your Schedule: NOVA "Revolutionary War Weapons" will be available to stream with the PBS app. Watch the best of PBS anytime, anywhere on the free PBS app. Stream your favorite PBS shows ...

“Revolutionary War Weapons” may not be the show for you: What accomplishes the melon assassination in this “NOVA” presentation is actually a colonial-era long rifle, the point being the ...