For more than a century, one of history’s greatest technological mysteries sat hidden beneath the sea. When historians began ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Antikythera Mechanism, sometimes described as the world's oldest computer, on display at the Archaeological Museum in Athens.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Special techniques used to study ripples in the universe may have ...

Many amateur astronomers know the familiar thrum of small motors guiding an automated telescope under a tranquil night sky. Powered by a computer within a plastic box attached to the scope, this ...

The calculator, dubbed the Antikythera Mechanism, was discovered in 1901 at the site of a shipwreck off a Greek Island with the same name. The breakthrough in determining the mechanism's true purpose, ...

After a closer examination of a surviving marvel of ancient Greek technology known as the Antikythera Mechanism, scientists have found that the device not only predicted solar eclipses but also ...

Scientists recently learned an ancient computer that predicted eclipses and other astronomical events also shows the cycle of the Olympics. The inclusion of the data about the Olympic Games on what is ...