Despite its ancient origins, the mechanism surpassed ... London has shed new light on this remarkable artifact. By using 3D computer modeling, scientists have been able to reconstruct how the ...

The box-shaped mechanical computer used gears and dials to track ancient astronomical events such as solar eclipses and the movements of planets. Now, researchers are using cutting-edge work ...

When we read about the lives of people from the ancient past, we naturally want to know what they looked like. But how do we find this out? In recent years, computer-assisted reconstructions of ...

Sep. 19, 2024 — Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people.

Archaeologists recently found over 300 more ancient geoglyphs in the desert of southern Peru with the help of artificial ...

The facility tracked the sun's movements closely. An apparent record-breaking ancient astronomy "observatory," complete with a sundial, was uncovered recently during a temple dig in the old ...

When the media arrived, their attention was immediately drawn to an ancient computer and office chair encased in glass in the Firaxis office. It turns out it is the original 386 computer and desk ...

A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.

By linking the genomes of ancient viral communities to specific ... To do this, we used computer models to compare viral genomes with the genomes of other microbes also found in this environment.

Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, has long intrigued scientists. Since its discovery in 1801 by astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, experts have debated what this giant, crater-covered object ...

To do this, we used computer models to compare viral genomes ... Understanding these ancient interactions provides a unique opportunity for future research in both virology and climate science.