The Archimedes screw mechanism, an ancient Greek invention still used today . Credit: Kuroczynski, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA-4.0 Have you ever wondered how ancient civilizations moved water uphill ...

When we think of modern innovations, we often picture digital devices, advanced medicine, or sleek engineering. But what if many of the ideas we call “modern” were already in use thousands of years ...

The answer lies in a simple yet very smart device called the Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention still used today . Named after the brilliant Greek... Most people today couldn't imagine a ...

"Scientists aren’t exactly reinventing the wheel here." 5 ancient technologies that are inspiring modern innovations first ...

Here are their 3 most incredible ancient inventions, the Windcatchers (their form of ancient air-conditioning), Yakhchals (their form of refrigeratoror freezer), and the Windmills. US Ally Arrests ...

Apr. 14, 2025 — Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study ...

The lecture hall of an "impressive high school" from an ancient Greek settlement was recently uncovered in Italy – with the discovery highlighting the similarities between ancient and modern ...

To add even more complexity to all of this is that you are part of the crowd shaping everyone else’s beliefs. Every time you ...

Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been ... began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity.

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...