If I’d had this design back when I was a cubicle-bound temp then, well, lets just say I would have been fired even sooner than I was. The Pencil Crossbow is one of the designs for the book Mini ...

Bows, arrows, daggers and battle-axes made of bronze found in Arabia may have been offerings to a deity of war, researchers said. These artifacts are the first miniature, imitation weapons that ...

A fellow Scout Leader gave me this book, by John Austin, as a gift for helping out with the Cub Scouts engineering pin. The book was a fitting gift because there are fun and engaging engineering ...

LOS ANGELES — Under mounting pressure to keep its massive budget in check, the Pentagon is looking to cheaper, smaller weapons to wage war in the 21st century. A new generation of weaponry is being ...

A new generation of highly accurate mini-weapons is being developed for small, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for use against personnel and light vehicles. One factor in development is the need to ...

The discovery of child-sized weapons at a site in Oregon is shedding new light on ancient Native American childhood. A new analysis of items recovered from the Par-Tee archaeological site at the mouth ...

Not only is it one of my favorite books, but John Austin’s Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction also makes a great gift for kids or adults who refuse to grow up. And since I fall into that latter category ...

Described as "The perfect gift for the cubicle monkey in your life," John Austin's Mini Weapons Of Mass Destruction 2 offers the ultimate blueprints for low-yield office destruction. It is filled with ...

Christmas: boring. Getting instructions for shooting your brother in the face with that gift card: better. With easy-to-follow directions for building deadly miniature weaponry like trebuchets, ...