China says that it has developed a laser rifle that can "carbonize" human flesh at a range of 800 m (2,625 ft), yet weighs only 3 kg (6.6 lb). In a report in the South China Morning Post, Chinese ...

A viral video making the rounds shows a lyrebird mimicking a laser gun with incredible accuracy. So how is this possible? The video demonstrates the prevalence of mimicry in nature, where looks — and, ...

Imagine walking through a field on a cloudless day when you suddenly hear the 130-decibel roar of a fighter jet. But you can’t spot the jet, or even tell which direction the sound is coming from.

The internet is full of tips on how to make cleaning fun, but I want more. I want an invention that would make the task nothing but pure joy: house-cleaning lasers. All of the mesmerizing visual ...

The device was designed to operate for ray gun project for better control of the effects using the 555 timer’s monostable mode multivibrator. The actual effects started once the timer pulsing an LED, ...

A daredevil YouTuber and tinkerer has built a handheld laser gun that’s powerful enough to melt pennies from a distance. In a video published last week, American inventor Drake “styropyro” Anthony ...

FARMINGTON, Utah -- It started off as a fun Christmas morning for the Kirkwood family, enjoying family time and opening gifts. "They were excited to open the laser guns right away," mother Lesha ...

The U.S. military is now one step closer to having a laser gun that can shoot down enemy drones in the blink of an eye. Boeing recently announced that its mobile laser weapon, dubbed the High Energy ...

This article and radio report by Dalia Mortada for The World originally appeared on PRI.org on August 19, 2015, and is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement. In Turkey, a new ...