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

Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.

Microbiologists have long known that ancient, inactive viruses known as cryptic prophages can insert their genetic material into bacterial DNA. These genetic fragments allow bacteria to use ...

Ancient Egyptians and Etruscans pioneered orthodontics, using delicate gold wires and catgut to straighten teeth. It’s a tale ...

A 2,000-year-old loom found in a Chinese tomb may hold the key to the origins of computing.

The ancient Antikythera Mechanism acts like an astronomical calculator, but its full purpose remains a mystery.

Marc Olsen was just 18 when he started winning money at backgammon. Sitting at his computer in Copenhagen in 2004, he would ...

A nostalgic look back at the era of the shared family computer, when logging on was intentional, time online was limited, and ...

Driven Bible Analysis Challenge Historical Norms** In a groundbreaking development, researchers have harnessed artificial intelligence to analyze ancient bibli ...

Jeffrey T. Reed, a feral linguist who co-founded the Cry Wolf Project, recently delivered a lecture about artificial ...