Recovered from a first-century B.C. shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, a corroded lump of bronze gears has forced ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 2024, scientists from the University of Glasgow leveraged statistical methods like Bayesian analysis—as well as techniques developed to study ...

Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, and there’s an enduring mystery surrounding what it was used for. Now ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, and there’s an ...