The science of cutting has played a pivotal role in shaping human civilization, from the earliest stone tools used by ...

Researchers excavating the site of a future nuclear project in the United Kingdom, Sizewell C, discovered hundreds of “seemingly unassuming” pits spread across the landscape, according to a June 4 ...

Only around 10% of the site is believed to have been uncovered so far, but it's already changed a lot of beliefs.

How social media is pushing back against the still common idea that African societies never had a knowledge system.

At the Newlin Grist Mill, the waterwheel was used to grind different types of grain ... the rotation of the wheel turns a system of gears that ultimately drive massive stones, slowly grinding grain ...

Holland Ridge Farms unveiled a working Dutch windmill named "Dutch Dream." The windmill will grind grain for vodka production in partnership with Dog & Ram Spirits. The farm, the largest tulip ...

Elsewhere, four quern stones, used for grinding grain into flour, have been discovered along with plenty of evidence that the residents were growing spelt wheat on their terraces. King Edmund the ...

With poor road connectivity, Gharats were once a necessity for grinding grain, but today ... (a night at the mill) is still used to describe sleepless nights, a reference to the ceaseless sound of ...

In my interview with Marion Milling owner Will Berndt for Kansas City Magazine, he explained that stone mills, like the Sana Grain Mill ... bought brand I’ve used. The grind may be slightly ...

Similarly, ancient traps were also used to capture rodents ... “Plant ash was scattered around storage facilities and grinding stones, possibly to prevent beetle pests from contaminating the grain, as ...

One of the pestles found during the Frydenlund excavation. It was used to crush something against one of the grinding stones—but not grain. Credit: Niels H. Andersen. What the grinding stones were ...

The grinding stones also lacked clear wear marks from the pushing motions typically used for grinding grain. This absence of wear patterns supports the conclusion that the stones were not used for ...