The MG42 was more than a German machine gun—it was a weapon that reshaped modern warfare. Designed by engineer Werner Gruner and fired by soldiers like Hinrich Severloh, it left an imprint felt on ...

Throughline producer Lawrence Wu tells Cristina Kim all about the maxim gun—the world's first automatic machine gun—and the lengths he took to find out exactly how this 19th century weapon would have ...

The sounds of nature can be incredibly soothing — just think of those zen meditation tracks filled with chirping birds amid the gentle babbling of a brook in the forest. However, not all of nature’s ...