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

Historians think the 2,000-year-old device was used to predict the positions of celestial bodies. A new digital simulation ...

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

Thought to be more than 2,000 years old, the Antikythera mechanism is widely considered the first computer in history, an ...

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

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

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

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may not have been a cryptic celestial measuring device, but just a toy prone to constant ...

It took Andrew Carol 30 days to build a working model of the Antikythera Mechanism—the ancient Greek world's most ...

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

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

Researchers simulated the device's ancient gear system to find out whether the contraption actually worked. Apparently, it did not.