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

Jo Marchant, Nature In 1900, Greek divers rifling through an ancient shipwreck recovered dozens of bronze fragments that turned out to be parts of a 2,000-year-old mechanical calendar. Now ...

Over 120 years ago, sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera unearthed one of the most enigmatic ...

It is Lent in the Christian world, but in reality, it only alters the lives of monks and Moscow restaurateurs, who rush to invent Lenten menus to profit from the public's fear of living in sin.

While that number demonstrates how tough it is to qualify for Boston, there are plenty of marathons in the United States on ...

Here’s when Mother’s Day 2025 is in the U.S., why the date changes each year and a quick breakdown of the origins of the holiday.

This year is not only the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council of the church, but also one of the years when ...

This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

Spiders, parchment, bone and complex math were among the methods ancient cultures used. What drives this need? Who are the soothsayers in our midst today?

For the first time in centuries, Catholic and Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter on the same date in 2025, bringing joy to mixed-faith families who have long hoped for this moment of unity.

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Jarvis began by recounting the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the 1940s by Bedouin shepherds near the ancient ...