Poor spacing between gear teeth could cause blockages, rendering the mechanism unfit for scientific use, simulations indicate ...

Was the Antikythera Mechanism just a toy? Find out what a recent study by the University of Mar del Plata really shows.

A pair of physicists at Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, in Argentina, have created a computer simulation of the famed ...

Researchers have created a computational model of the Antikythera mechanism to test how it worked. It was prone to jamming ...

The 2000-year-old Antikythera mechanism may have been a kind of astronomical calculator, but researchers are unsure whether ...

For two millennia, the Antikythera Mechanism has lain shrouded in mystery, its intricate bronze gears and cogs a silent ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may not have been a cryptic celestial measuring device, but just a toy prone to constant jamming. And the secret to its true purpose, according to new research ...

Now called the Antikythera Mechanism, it is widely considered to be the world’s first analog computer, tracking time and astronomical events through gearwork and pointers. New research adds a ...

he says to New Scientist. But as Edmunds tells the ... After 2,000 years underwater, the Antikythera mechanism’s bronze turned into brittle atacamite, a mineral that distorted the device ...

NEW research into a mysterious 2,000-year-old relic may have finally revealed its true purpose – and it’s very different to how it’s portrayed in Indiana Jones. Dubbed the ...