Ancient Greece mathematician Archimedes believed a death ray was plausible, so a middle school student from Canada put the concept to the test. Brenden Sener of Ontario won multiple medals for his ...

Researchers have discovered a long-lost page from the famous Archimedes Palimpsest in the fine arts museum in the castle of ...

A particle accelerator is being used to reveal the long-lost writings of the Greek mathematician Archimedes, work hidden for centuries after a Christian monk wrote over it in the Middle Ages.

SAN FRANCISCO --Previously hidden writings of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are being uncovered with powerful X-ray beams nearly 800 years after a Christian monk scrubbed off the text and ...

An ancient manuscript long hidden from public view may provide significant, new insights into the way Archimedes did his mathematical work more than 2,000 years ago. The manuscript, known as the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: It might be surprising to learn that then-12-year-old Brenden Sener of London, Ontario was enthralled by Ancient Greek concepts posited by the ...

When most people hear the name Archimedes, they picture a gaunt figure with a long beard screaming "Eureka!" and running around the streets naked, dripping with bathwater. Whether such a scene ever ...