Throughout history, there have been intriguing references in ancient texts to devices and mechanisms that bear a striking resemblance to modern computers. These descriptions, while often shrouded in ...

History isn’t a straight line of progress. Civilizations solved problems, then collapsed, taking knowledge with them. Some machines were lost because they weren’t recorded or protected. War, religion, ...

The world’s first robot operated in Ancient Greece—the automatic maid was the name of a technological miracle during the ...

A rising junior at Yale College, Micah Gold can pilot drones and write algorithms. He’ll utilize both skills this summer in central Greece as part of a unique archaeological project. Gold is part of a ...