Thought to be more than 2,000 years old, the Antikythera mechanism is widely considered the first computer in history, an ...

Historians think the 2,000-year-old device was used to predict the positions of celestial bodies. A new digital simulation ...

A pair of physicists at Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, in Argentina, have created a computer simulation of the famed ...

Since its discovery off the Greek island of Antikythera in 2001, the Antikythera mechanism was long thought to be a […] ...

Researchers have created a computational model of the Antikythera mechanism to test how it worked. It was prone to jamming ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may not have been a cryptic celestial measuring device, but just a toy prone to constant ...

Researchers simulated the device's ancient gear system to find out whether the contraption actually worked. Apparently, it did not.

The 2000-year-old Antikythera mechanism may have been a kind of astronomical calculator, but researchers are unsure whether ...

NEW research into a mysterious 2,000-year-old relic may have finally revealed its true purpose – and it’s very different to ...

It took Andrew Carol 30 days to build a working model of the Antikythera Mechanism—the ancient Greek world's most ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism is 2,000 years old and has long puzzled scientists. New research into its triangle-shaped teeth may finally reveal its intended purpose.

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