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I used to describe myself as ‘chronically late’. Having grown up in Uruguay, this was simply the norm. Timings there were as much a suggestion as red traffic lights were: open to personal interpretati

Ancient India gave the world its number system, anticipated Galileo’s heliocentric theory by a millennium and spread its culture from Egypt to Siberia–only to be almost entirely forgotten. It’s past time to restore it to its rightful place in history

The Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient Greek device made up of intricately meshed bronze gears believed to have been used to track the positions of the Moon and Sun, and to predict the dates of eclip

Two contrasting visions of humanity’s future in space

Some of today’s technology goes back much further than you’d imagine

Some people think that the seas hold the key to protecting the planet.