There are some clocks, mostly in or around international airports, which have multiple faces to show the time at various ...
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Ancient Greece built a machine too advanced for its time
Discovered in a Mediterranean shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism stunned historians with its intricate system of interlocking bronze gears dating back to around 100 BC. X-ray imaging later ...
Several millennia ago, a Greek ship sank off the coast of an island in the Aegean Sea called Antikythera. It was carrying statues, coins, and one mysterious shoebox-sized object. Watch editors Andrew ...
While clearly showing how technologically advanced the Greeks were and how much more sophisticated in their measurement of time than us, researchers still haven’t been able to figure out who invented ...
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2,000-Year-Old Machine That Baffles Scientists
Discovered in a Roman-era shipwreck, the Antikythera mechanism features gears and precision rivaling modern clocks. Its complexity raises questions about what ancient civilizations really knew. Donald ...
The Antikythera wreck, whose mysterious hand-powered model of the solar system changed historians’ understanding of ancient technology, has been visited for a final time—for now at least. In 2012, ...
Researchers from the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS)/SOKENDAI and Kyushu University have uncovered the molecular mechanism that drives the "ticking" of the circadian clock in cyanobacteria.
In the tapestry of human history, unexpected treasure finds have woven narratives that transcend time, unveiling glimpses of past eras. Lascaux painting. Credit: Public Domain Numerous unexpected ...
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