Archimedes' life is riddled with tales that seem fantastical, one of the most fascinating being that of the Syracusia.Said to be the largest transport ship for its time and many generations after ...

Glowing words. The technique is particularly useful for probing the palimpsest because the ink used by the scribe to record Archimedes' work contains iron. "When the X-rays hit an iron atom it emits a ...

Scientists have speculated about how Archimedes’ death ray purportedly harnessed sunlight to burn ships. Now, a teen may have evidence the device was plausible.

Archimedes saw the water level change as he dipped into the tub and, in a flash of insight, realized he could use the same phenomenon to test the purity of gold.

So far, we've learned a little about its gameplay and ambitious world-building through trailers and videos narrated by Matthew McConaughey, but Peter F. Hamilton's massive Exodus: The Archimedes ...