More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a ...

Suppose you could travel back in time to the third century BCE, and visit Alexandria, the capital city of the Greek kingdom of Egypt. Arguably it was the most enlightened, wealthy, and powerful of all ...

In 1900, a team of sponge divers off the Greek island of Antikythera surfaced with more than they bargained for. Among the ...

Fresh research about ripples in the fabric of spacetime suggests a nearly 2,000-year-old cosmic calculator followed the lunar calendar instead of the solar one. The hand-powered "Antikythera mechanism ...

In the azure waters off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, a chance discovery in the early 20th century transformed our understanding of ancient technology. A sponge diver, exploring the remnants of a ...

Scientists used techniques from the field of gravitational wave astronomy to argue that the Antikythera mechanism contained a lunar calendar. By Becky Ferreira The Antikythera mechanism, an ingenious ...

The 2,000-year-old Greek mechanical “computer” known as the Antikythera Mechanism continues to inspire both scientists and science fans. The geeks are suggesting the geared device may have inspired ...

More than two thousand years ago, the Greeks created a mechanical device so advanced that it still remains a mystery to ...

A Greek shipwreck holds the remains of an intricate bronze machine that turns out to be the world's first computer. (This program is no longer available for streaming.) In 1900, a storm blew a ...

Researchers have deciphered the use of an ancient computer. It was apparently developed to help farmers plant crops on time, and to schedule religious festivals. This week, the journal Nature reported ...