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The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

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The Archimedes Palimpsest, a 10th century collection of the Greek mathematician’s treatises, changed hands many time—some ...

Cinema in Ancient Greece began with Philion and Heron, who crafted automated theaters, bringing stories to life through motion and spectacle.

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Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

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Australian traveller named Liam Richards took the internet by storm when he raised the question of telescope invention. In the video, he said, "So our history books have lied to us again. The ...

Half a billion years ago, the first true eye emerged in Earth’s oceans. Fossils now reveal what that ancient crystal vision could actually see.