Time Machines

Mysteries of Science

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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We're going back to the future in a brand new episode of Mysteries of Science, investigating the antikythera mechanism – a strange artefact from the past that looks like it could be made today!

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0:00.0	Okay, hello and welcome to Mysteries of Science. My name's Dan and I'm the editor of Science
0:10.4	of Nature, the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior. And I'm Michael, the acting
0:15.5	deputy editor. On this podcast, we investigate weird events, strange creatures and mysterious places.
0:21.7	Yes, we're back from our mid-season break.
0:24.5	Welcome back, everybody.
0:25.6	And we're joined by a very special guest joining the team today, Sam Sedgman.
0:31.2	Hello there.
0:32.0	Thank you so much for having me.
0:33.3	I'm Sam Sedgman.
0:34.6	I am the author of many books, but most recently the Clockwork Conspiracy,
0:40.3	a sort of mystery adventure set inside Big Ben that's coming out in February.
0:44.7	Welcome to the show, Sam. It's great to have you with us, and particularly given the mystery that we're going to be investigating today.
0:50.0	I am so excited about this.
0:52.5	Well, it's all about time.
0:54.2	Yes.
0:54.7	And for those of you who've seen the new Indiana Jones film,
0:58.9	perhaps you watch Dial of Destiny over Christmas,
1:01.8	you will have heard of an ancient device called the Antikythera or Antikythera or some other people.
1:11.1	Antikythera.
1:11.6	I think the mystery is not how to pronounce it, but that is a mystery.
1:14.6	That is the first mystery that we have to get over.
1:19.0	Yeah, it's an ancient Greek device that was discovered by divers on a long-lost shipwrecked.
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