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The Antikythera Mechanism

By ways4.eu on Sun Mar 21 2021

No one knew that 2,000 years ago, the technology existed to build such a device. The Antikythera mechanism, pictured, is now widely regarded as the first computer. Found at the bottom of the sea aboard a decaying Greek ship, its complexity prompted decades of study, and even today some of its functions likely remain unknown. […]

Wikipedia article of the day for March 21, 2021

By ways4.eu on Sun Mar 21 2021

Wikipedia article of the day is Sirius. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1viU2xi Summary: Sirius, designated Alpha Canis Majoris, is the brightest star in the night sky with a visual magnitude of −1.46. It is a close binary star system, consisting of Sirius A, a white main-sequence star, and a faint companion white dwarf, Sirius B, which was originally […]

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