Biathlon is one of the most-watched winter sports in Europe and will be one of the highlights for many fans at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. It's less popular in the United States — a rare ...

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 ...

It looks like a prop from a science fiction film, maybe something Han Solo would use in a galaxy far, far away. But the HELMA-LP laser rifle is a very real and operational weapon. It doesn’t fire ...

China’s rumored laser rifle has become a Rorschach test for modern military reporting, a story that reveals more about how information is framed than about any confirmed battlefield breakthrough. With ...