Recovered from a first-century B.C. shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, a corroded lump of bronze gears has forced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A picture of the mysterious ...

Scientists are one step closer to unlocking the secrets of the 2,000-year-old Antikythera Mechanism, considered the world’s first computer, thanks to a new computer-generated reconstruction of the ...

As part of its commitment to scientific research, innovation and heritage preservation, Hublot has partnered with Swiss ...

The world’s first computer long predates the monster machine of 1945. Like, by several thousand years. If you couldn’t tell by the name alone, the Antikythera Mechanism was a device created by the ...

Even though the two thousand year-old Antikythera Mechanism has been touted as the world’s first computer, its true function was arguably that of the world’s first ‘STEM’ project. While its function ...

Today marks the 115th anniversary of the discovery of an analog astronomical computer found in Roman ship cargo dating back to 150 BC. Today’s Google doodle marking the 115th anniversary of the ...

The world's oldest computer was probably used as a teaching aid and a mechanism to predict future astronomical events, according to new research. This ancient computer is called the Antikythera ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. In 1900, sponge divers off the Greek island of Antikythera discovered an ...

It was, as they say, a dark and stormy night. The passengers on the enormous ship probably didn’t realize they were in danger until the moment their vessel slammed into the cliffs of Antikythera, ...

Divers pulled the first fragments of what became known as the Antikythera mechanism from a shipwreck in 1901. The shipwreck was discovered off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera, and hence led ...

Like the Babylonians, the Greeks paid close attention to the night sky. Our nearest celestial neighbor, the Moon, was particularly important to them from a planning perspective. For instance, debts ...