Category: Technology
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VICE.com: Scientists Have Unlocked the Secrets of the Ancient ‘Antikythera Mechanism’
By Becky Ferreira. Read full article @ Vice.com In the early 1900s, divers hunting for sponges off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, discovered a Roman-era shipwreck that contained an artifact destined to dramatically alter our understanding of the ancient world. Known as the Antikythera Mechanism, the object is a highly…
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VICE.com: Scientists Discover Massive ‘Space Hurricane’ Above Earth
By Becky Ferreira. Read full article @ Vice.com The space hurricane is similar to regular hurricanes in many ways, except at much higher altitudes and raining electrons instead of water. You may have heard of tropical-cyclone hurricanes, extreme weather events that batter coastal regions, or the Carolina Hurricanes, an NHL team that won the 2006 Stanley…