New simulations suggest that the Antikythera Mechanism may have jammed within months, as small errors in the spacing.

As custodians of ancient wisdom, Egyptian priests explored ritual, science, philosophy, metaphysics, and spirituality unlike ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new Type II supernova. The ...

Professor Clemency Montelle from the University of Canterbury has become the first New Zealander to win a medal from the ...

The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ...

Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

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Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos. When you purchase ...

Now the debut trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is out in the wild, age-old debates about “historical accuracy” have reemerged. The Odyssey is officially described as a “mythic action epic,” ...

Ireland’s Neolithic passage tomb cemeteries combine mythology, astronomy, and monumental engineering. Focusing on sites such as Loughcrew, this explores folklore, solar and cross-quarter alignments, ...

It seems the AI hype has turned into an AI bubble. There have been many bubbles before, from the Tulip mania of the 17th century to the derivatives bubble of the 21st century. For many commentators, ...