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2025	Antikythera mechanism Researchers using a computer simulation concluded that the mechanism would have jammed and stopped working after 4 months due to the exact shape of its gear teeth.
July 10 2024	Antikythera mechanism A new analysis of the Antikythera mechanism was published in Arstechnica by Jennifer Ouellette, challenging long-standing assumptions about the artifact's construction and purpose.
February 8 2024	Antikythera mechanism A 10X scale replica of the Antikythera mechanism was inaugurated at the University of Sonora in Hermosillo, Mexico, with representatives from the Greek Embassy and local government in attendance.
2022	Hydraulics An illustrated catalog was published documenting the science and engineering of water in Italy from 1500-1800, as preserved in books and manuscripts.
December 23 2022	Antikythera mechanism Researchers proposed 23 December 178 BC as a potential initial calibration date for the mechanism.
December 2021	Antikythera mechanism A metapage with comprehensive links about the Antikythera mechanism was created and published on antikythera.org, providing expanded digital resources about the artifact.
March 2021	Antikythera mechanism The Antikythera Research Team at University College London, led by Freeth, published a new proposed reconstruction of the entire mechanism, using rational approximations for planetary synodic cycles.
2018	Antikythera mechanism The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project proposed changes in gearing based on CT scan discoveries.
2017	Antikythera mechanism Researchers confirmed the calendar on the Metonic Spiral was of Corinthian type, and proposed the mechanism was modified for a client from Epirus.
May 17 2017	Antikythera mechanism Google celebrated the 115th anniversary of the Antikythera mechanism's discovery with a Google Doodle.
2016	Antikythera mechanism Further deciphering of the inscriptions revealed numbers connected with the synodic cycles of Venus and Saturn.
2014	Antikythera mechanism A study proposed a new dating of approximately 200 BC for the mechanism, based on identifying the start-up date on the Saros Dial.
2012	Antikythera mechanism Freeth and Jones published a computer-based proposal for planetary indication, featuring a 3-D model of the mechanism's potential configuration.
2012	Antikythera mechanism Tony Freeth produced a documentary film 'The World's First Computer' about the Antikythera Mechanism.
2011	Paul the Apostle and Jewish Christianity Langton continued scholarly research on Jewish perspectives of Paul with another publication.
January 20 2011	Antikythera mechanism National Geographic's Naked Science documentary series aired an episode titled 'Star Clock BC' about the Antikythera Mechanism.
2010	Antikythera mechanism Andy Carol built a functioning Lego reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism.
2010	Antikythera mechanism Evans, Carman, and Thorndike published a simplified reconstruction proposal with alternative gear arrangements and planetary indication system.
2010	Paul the Apostle and Jewish Christianity Langton published a scholarly survey investigating Jewish scholarly engagement with Paul.

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