It was a real pyramid scheme. Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking new theory on how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was built, ...

Tabloids have seized on the most headline-friendly takeaway - “pulleys built the pyramid” - but the underlying claim is more specific: the pyramid may have grown “inside-out,” using internal sloped ...

Even the oldest of mechanisms remain useful in modern technology. [Skyentific] has been messing with robotic joints for quite a while, and demonstrated an interesting way to use a pulley system in a ...

Which pulley system is best? Gym memberships can be expensive, but that’s a poor excuse for not doing your best to stay in shape. If you can’t afford the luxury of having a monthly membership to a ...

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MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP, MI – A pulley system was used to lower an injured woman off a steep mountain biking trail in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Tuesday, WJMN reports. The woman sustained a knee injury ...

In the world of rope rescue, we use mechanical advantage systems really for two reasons. The first being a force increasing tool and the second, a means of reducing the weight of a load during a ...