It's easy to think of the evolution of technology as a linear process, starting from the most primitive simple machines and ...

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Wisconsin Historical Society researchers have uncovered 16 ancient canoes in Lake Mendota, some of which are thousands of ...

"Ancient civilizations used to drink structured water because it would trickle down brick pathways and down hills. By the ...

Those who do not learn lessons from history are condemned to repeat the same.” In today’s battle of narratives, it is ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

Disney has unceremoniously pulled 14 of its licensed games off of Steam with no explanation, leaving us unable to purchase ...

The study, published January 13 in Physical Review Letters, replaces the metal or plastic cogs of conventional gears with controlled flows of liquid. In their experiments, ...

A team of New York University scientists has created a gear mechanism that relies on fluids to generate rotation. The ...

New invention called a Conservation Soft Box protects mummies and bones in museums, preventing moisture, microbes, and ...

A new study reimagines the 3,000-year-old technology using fluids, avoiding the most annoying limitations of teeth-driven ...

DOES Italian cuisine exist? Not according to Alberto Grandi, daring food historian and professor of economic history at the ...