Fragments of the Hydraulis—the ancient Greek water organ—were unearthed in the Dion, at the foot of Mount Olympus in 1992.

History is littered with brilliant ideas that arrived too early for their own good. Some were buried by economic constraints, ...

Women of ancient Athens used clothing pins as weapons, prompting a shift in Ancient Greek fashion and societal control.

In the 4th century BC, the Greek engineer Aeneas of Stymphalus devised a groundbreaking communication system known as the ...

Why Q Needs U. By Danny Bate. Blink Publishing; 336 pages; £14.99. T HE ALPHABET is easy to take for granted. Children ...

Even once he’s caught, Malice makes clear that Adam doesn’t see himself as a killer. He sees himself as the only person ...

Nachos are a go-to for those who want a crispy, cheesy dish, but what if the traditional method is growing old? Try this twist on classic nachos, instead.

While the first ever vending machine looked very different from today's soda and snack dispensers, the basic principle was ...

Bhargava’s call to foreground Indian science came across as a gesture of cultural revivalism, aligning with the rhetoric of a ruling establishment that seeks legitimacy in imagined golden ages ...

Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3am and ...

Christopher Nolan reveals The Odyssey is longer than Oppenheimer's 11 miles of film reel that made up the IMAX 70mm print.

Numerous successful secessions have allowed people greater freedom and self-determination: Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire, the Hungarian split with the Soviet Union in 1989, Singapore's ...