Officials in Idaho released a 3D model of the house where Bryan Kohberger killed four University of Idaho students following his guilty plea. Kohberger pleaded guilty on July 2 to the murders of Ethan ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Today’s world runs on digital computers, but there was a time when ...

The Antikythera wreck, whose mysterious hand-powered model of the solar system changed historians’ understanding of ancient technology, has been visited for a final time—for now at least. In 2012, ...

Was the Antikythera Mechanism really used for time travel? Or was it actually the first Analogue Computer... In Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, they embark on a quest for the missing pieces of ...

According to research cited by Nature and Smithsonian Magazine, the Antikythera Mechanism is recognized as the earliest known analog computer, dating back to around 100 BCE. It used intricate gears to ...

According to research from Tony Freeth and the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project, the Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient Greek device that used a complex system of gears to calculate the ...

Antikythera mechanism fragment A. Credit: Marsyas / CC BY 2.5 In a groundbreaking paper titled “Reconstructing the Antikythera Mechanism’s Central Front Dial Parts – Division and Placement of the ...

Recent reports have been circulating that the famous Antikythera Mechanism may have just been a toy for children rather than an advanced ancient computer. What is the basis for this remarkable claim, ...

Thought to be more than 2,000 years old, the Antikythera mechanism is widely considered the first computer in history, an analog calculator that was way ahead of its time… or was it? A new study ...