Aizawl's Khatla South council plans to distribute slingshots to residents to curb stray dog issues, following failed appeals.

A petition to legally restrict the carrying of catapults in public has reached nearly 10,000 signatures in its first four ...

The rumbling of Biketoberfest was joined by the grumbling from drivers of Polaris Slingshots, three-wheeled vehicles that are banned from Main Street along with cars and trucks. This is the first ...

The Roman Empire conquered the known world in large part due to its army. The Roman Army was a formidable force of training and discipline led by military minds who established organizational and ...

"We hit matchsticks regularly," says Ben Houghton from the West Kent Catapult Club (WKCC). They are a group of people who fire catapults as a sport. Members of the club say they are worried that ...

Campaigners have called on the government to ban the sale of catapults to under-18s after reports that the weapons are increasingly being used to inflict damage to wildlife and people. Kent Police ...

Dr Chris Shepherd, an expert in ballistic wounds who has been running tests in an experimental ballistics facility at the University of Kent, said catapults could be lethal. "A direct impact with bone ...

Catapults have legal uses, but they are also being used to cause harm, campaigners argue [Ben Moore/BBC] Catapults have been used to cause serious harm to wildlife, property, and people, campaigners ...

Abstract: Fleas have a unique catapult mechanism with a special muscle configuration. Energy is stored in an elastic material, resilin, and the extensor muscle. Force is applied by the extensor muscle ...

HMS Prince of Wales on deployment with every jet she has displayed on deck and her hangar largely empty. The ship will never be full up unless the Royal Navy does something differently - PO Phot Rory ...