Discovered in a Mediterranean shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism stunned historians with its intricate system of interlocking bronze gears dating back to around 100 BC. X-ray imaging later ...

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a precision that still unsettles modern engineers. The corroded fragments of ...

If you've used a vending machine lately, you've probably noticed that they're pretty high-tech now, but this invention was ...

Ancient Greek thinker Archytas built one of the first flying machines long before Leonardo da Vinci sketched his own and drones soared.

CARBONDALE — Ancient Romans and Greeks used many machines to build their societies. Students and faculty will demonstrate a working replica of one of these machines — a chain-type contraption that ...