Aristotle, Plato, Socrates... Ancient Greece's charismatic philosophers define the civilization's legacy in popular memory. Often forgotten are the technological inventions that set Greece apart from ...

Ancient Greek doctors invented the renowned Mediterranean diet, as Hippocratic physicians prescribed healthy diets to treat ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - A humanoid figure dressed as a maid holds a jug in its right hand and, as hidden gears click and whirr, lifts it and pours wine into a cup a bystander has placed into the palm of ...

The Golden Ratio, a hallmark of Swiss design and the foundation of everything from Helvetica to Le Corbusier’s meticulous architecture, may have been imported from Africa. Design remains a largely ...

In the 4th century BC, the Greek engineer Aeneas of Stymphalus devised a groundbreaking communication system known as the hydraulic telegraph. This ancient invention utilized synchronized water clocks ...

Medicine is an important part of our lives, especially in times of pandemic. When human society shares an invasive, and sometimes lethal, virus, we turn to medical researchers and practitioners to ...

Greece / submitted by Don Hart with Ricardo Macagnan of Virginia Beach Last fall was our second visit to Athens, and it seems that something new is always discovered. As a Navy meteorologist, I couldn ...