Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Antikythera Mechanism, sometimes described as the world's oldest computer, on display at the Archaeological Museum in Athens.

Researchers have deciphered the use of an ancient computer. It was apparently developed to help farmers plant crops on time, and to schedule religious festivals. This week, the journal Nature reported ...

The world watched in astonishment last week as NASA delivered its one-ton Curiosity rover to the surface of Mars with astonishing precision, hitting a target area just 12 x 4 miles wide after eight ...

Many amateur astronomers know the familiar thrum of small motors guiding an automated telescope under a tranquil night sky. Powered by a computer within a plastic box attached to the scope, this ...

More than two millennia ago, Greek craftsmen built a bronze machine that could track the heavens with a precision that would not be matched for centuries. Hidden inside a corroded lump recovered from ...

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 ...

The calculator, dubbed the Antikythera Mechanism, was discovered in 1901 at the site of a shipwreck off a Greek Island with the same name. The breakthrough in determining the mechanism's true purpose, ...

Building computers from discrete components is a fairly common hobby project, but it used to be the only way to build a computer until integrated circuits came on the scene. If you’re living in the ...

Scientists recently learned an ancient computer that predicted eclipses and other astronomical events also shows the cycle of the Olympics. The inclusion of the data about the Olympic Games on what is ...