Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

No historical evidence exists to tell us who sang the first song, or made the first rhythmic sounds that resembled music.

Are people willing to believe in AI because it taps into myths that are deeply ingrained in their imaginations?

Months of careful planning and calculations went into the shot. Then, the team had only one jump attempt to get it right ...

When Constance Stamatiou, a leading Alvin Ailey dancer, performed at the Acropolis in Athens, it felt like she was dancing for the Greek Gods.

For ancient craftspeople, who had to fashion everything by hand, specialized tools such as saws and awls must have been among their most prized possessions. For a people as artistically accomplished ...

A land of ingenuity and invention; a land where every person seeks to get out of work, and miraculously many are quite ...

Dr. Bob Nicholson joins WIRED to answer the internet's most intriguing queries about Victorian England. How did people ...

Further north, the theory of transport as a public good has taken hold: Luxembourg abolished train fares in 2020, and Germany ...

During Hanukkah, families eat latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly donuts),to celebrate the miracle of the Festival ...

And so, yes, in a broad sense, we may very well be getting stupider—not necessarily because we’re dumber but because the ways ...