If it ain't broke, don't fix it, or so the saying goes for these ancient military tactics. See what timeless tactics are ...

The walls of a corridor that once linked two theatres in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii hold hundreds of inscriptions made ...

Built in 1612, this massive astrolabe could track stars, time, and location with great accuracy—and now it’s heading to ...

In 1900, Greek sponge fishermen stumbled upon the Antikythera Mechanism, a complex astronomical calculator that redefined our ...

Experts believe it dates back to the early Bronze Age - and that the technique could have been used at other nearby sites ...

The corroded fragments of that device, known today as the Antikythera mechanism, have become a touchstone for how much ancient science achieved and how much of it we have lost. I see in this “first ...

A Solar eclipse was one of the phenomena that prompted the ancient Greeks to come up with the most brilliant astronomic ...

More than two millennia ago, Greek craftsmen built a bronze machine that could track the heavens with a precision that would not be matched for centuries. Hidden inside a corroded lump recovered from ...

The Rev. Ben Taylor has spent four decades developing a preaching style all his own, couching the insights of a trained ...

A newly identified observatory in ancient Caral reveals that complex astronomical knowledge existed in the Americas over ...

A rare genetic snapshot from Poland reveals a tightly connected Neanderthal group and reshapes their story across Europe.

The robotics pioneer who helped unleash the Roomba vacuum is now betting that you might one day replace your beloved dog or ...