How a YouTuber Helped Solve a Science Mystery

Scientists revisited the Antikythera Mechanism after a YouTuber’s experiment—and may have finally solved the mystery of the world’s oldest computer.

The Antikythera Mechanism at the Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece. Photo: Getty Images

The Antikythera Mechanism is widely considered to be the world’s first analog computer, but its purpose has puzzled people for over a century since its discovery in 1901. 

In 1901, divers discovered a shipwreck off the........

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