Lego’s offering of Formula 1 toys is steadily growing and now includes kits to build every team on the F1 grid, albeit with last year’s liveries. The series of Lego Speed Champions kits are ...

The Mystery of Its Purpose: Educational Tool or Scientific Device? The new findings raise important questions about the true purpose of the Antikythera Mechanism. Was it intended to be a functional ...

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When these errors were simulated in the computer model, the researchers found that although the deviations in the hands remained manageable (similar to those calculated by Edmunds), the mechanism ...

In recent decades, detailed examination of the Antikythera Mechanism using the latest scientific techniques indicates that it is a particularly intricate tool for showing the positions of planets ...

It wasn’t until 2006 that the Antikythera ... the back (model shown) is for eclipses. Losmi Chobi / AP Images Experts have been working to decipher inscriptions hidden inside the mechanism ...

The Antikythera mechanism is a multi-component device recovered from a shipwreck close to the Greek island of Antikythera in 1901. It is believed to be the remains of a complex mechanical calculator ...

A foot-high object of wood and bronze broken into more than 80 fragments, the Antikythera mechanism dates back 2,200 years and was a hand-powered model of the solar system. It’s widely ...

The Antikythera mechanism, created around 2,200 years ago, is a shoebox-sized device containing intricate bronze gears that were used to model the motions of the sun, moon and planets. One key ...

The Antikythera mechanism — an ancient shoebox-sized device that was used to track the motions of the sun, moon and planets — followed the Greek lunar calendar, not the solar one used by the Egyptians ...

Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may have been an ancient Greek toy, new study hints World's oldest star chart may be 2,300 years old and from China — but not everyone agrees ...