The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ...

An ancient Greek machine built 2,000 years ago shouldn’t exist, yet scientists are still uncovering how this mysterious ...

When electricity or fuel powers a machine, the machine gets hotter. Finding new ways to cool machines quickly and ...

The ancient Antikythera Mechanism acts like an astronomical calculator, but its full purpose remains a mystery.

Ancient Egyptians and Etruscans pioneered orthodontics, using delicate gold wires and catgut to straighten teeth.

The idea of ancient civilisations pioneering orthodontics is irresistible, but archaeology shows their gold dental work ...

Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.

Sophisticated silk-weaving loom dating back to the Western Han dynasty used physical pattern cards which acted like ancient ...

African typographers are on a mission to preserve and revive ancient scripts, which are an important part of the continent's ...

Silk-weaving loom dating to Western Han is world’s oldest known ‘computer hardware’ with corresponding ‘software’, China ...

The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations ...

Local video store reopens in Astoria By JAY CORELLA The Astorian On Jan. 6, Video Horizons quietly opened for the first time ...