The story of a submersible vanishing beneath Antarctic ice after glimpsing seemingly impossible structures sounds like ...

Best-selling Swiss author Erich von Daeniken, who built a lucrative career on his argument, rubbished by scientists and ...

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Bret C. Devereaux, an ancient military historian and Teaching Assistant ...

The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ...

The Greeks proposed the idea that humans are a form of artificial intelligence. Prometheus and Hephaestus use technology to ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have lasted for thousands of years. The discovery points to a special ...

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

Motion Impossible—a developer of camera robotic and stabilisation solutions—is working with SMPTE on a new open protocols initiative on the use of robotics in media production. The company—which ...

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the construction of buildings, bridges, and aqueducts, many of which are still ...

An ancient Pompeii wall at a newly excavated site, where Associate Professor Admir Masic applied compositional analysis (overlayed to right) to understand how ancient Romans made concrete that has ...