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Carl Sagan explained the thought process of the ancient Greek scientist Eratosthenes, who determined the circumference of the Earth.

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Discover the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek marvel that challenges our understanding of historical technology and ...

A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries.

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