The Antikythera mechanism is one of the most mysterious and fascinating ancient inventions from the ancient world. Largely a mystery until the last few decades, the device has fascinated ...

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An ancient mechanical device found on a 2000-year-old shipwreck has become known as the world's first computer. The machine is centuries more advanced than historians thought possible, but its ...

Art and technology have always been intertwined, from the earliest mechanical drawing tools to today’s AI-generated masterpieces. The history of machines in art is as old as the Antikythera mechanism ...

A reproduction of a remnant of the Antikythera mechanism, the oldest example of an analogue computer. Recovered from a shipwreck in 1901, the artifact dates to Greek antiquity; it was used for ...

There are archaeological discoveries that have left scientists dumbfounded. Inventions occasionally paint a very different picture of our ancient world. Ancient inventions can be groundbreaking.

Mechanism of action describes the process by which a molecule, such as a drug, functions to produce a pharmacological effect. A drug’s mechanism of action may refer to its effects on a ...