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 ...
The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ...
You’re probably not alone if you’ve never heard of the Antikythera mechanism before. It's the world’s first known example of a computer. Believed to be from the second century B.C., the analogue ...
Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...
The mysterious Antikythera mechanism—an ancient device believed to have been used for tracking the heavens—has fascinated scientists and the public alike since it was first recovered from a shipwreck ...