If you couldn’t tell by the name alone, the Antikythera Mechanism was a device created by the ancient Greeks back in 100 BCE.

Ancient Egyptians and Etruscans pioneered orthodontics, using delicate gold wires and catgut to straighten teeth. It’s a tale that has appeared in dentistry textbooks for decades, portraying our ...

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It's a miniature e-reader, small enough to fit on the back of my phone — which is handy, because it also contains a magnet it ...

Ancient medical practices are usually frowned upon by modern society. The history of medicine is tainted by bizarre ...

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There’s also one of two known all-black versions of the prototype Atari 5200 known as the Atari Video System X. The device dates back to 1982, but Jobs appears to have purchased this prototype in 2001 ...

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One farmer's harrowing story exposes the tech takeover of America’s heartland, and the fight to reclaim the keys.

Monuments are being built over centuries, manuscripts locked away for future generations. See how dramatic ongoing projects explore our bond with time.

When the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) launched in fall 2024, it was designed to elevate scholars at the frontiers ...

They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call themselves “flare hunters.” They’re a ...