Archimedes didn’t really invent a death ray. But more than 2,200 years after his death, the ancient Greek’s inventions are still driving technological innovations — so much so that experts from around ...

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The video of the rescue operation has garnered a lot of praise on social media. Forest officials in West Bengal's Midnapur have rescued an elephant from a ditch “by applying Archimedes' principle”.