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2,000 Years Before Our Time, the Greeks Created the World’s First Computer (So Advanced That it Continues to Baffle Scientists)
In the summer of 1900, a group of sponge divers off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island, stumbled upon a shipwreck that ...
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Why Is It Called a ‘Grandfather Clock’? - Mental Floss
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known reference to a grandfather clock came in 1876, when songwriter Henry Clay Work composed a piece of sheet music titled “Grandfather’s ...
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'Time machine' reveals hidden structures in the universe's first galaxies (images)
Astronomers have turned the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) into a time machine to peer back in cosmic ...
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For 100 years, we have marveled at planetariums. Here's a brief history of how humans brought the stars indoors
Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the ...
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Breaking Thermodynamic Limits: The Future of Timekeeping
Quantum clocks break energy limits, unlocking ultra-precise timekeeping with far-reaching tech, AI, and navigation impacts.