When we think about cutting-edge technology, we usually picture Silicon Valley startups or futuristic labs. But here's the ...
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, University of Massachusetts classics lecturer Joseph Wilson took the students in his course, Technology in the Ancient World, to the glassblowing laboratory of Sally Prasch. The ...
Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...
The Antikythera Mechanism was a hand-cranked system of interlocking bronze gears designed to model the heavens. Turning the crank revealed the positions of the Sun, Moon, and the five planets visible ...