Inside a diesel engine's cylinder, compressed air raises the temperature to ignite injected fuel, and the resulting force drives pistons to power the vehicle's main gears. Chief to this combustion ...

A man cannot one day just decide to build a submarine, much less the first powered submarine, much less if that man is a writer. Yet that is just what Narcis Monturiol did. As a young firebrand of the ...

Sinking a ship with a torpedo may seem like a sudden and dramatic act. In reality, such a strike comes only after hours, even days, of preparation and tracking effort. Submarines rarely rush their ...