Analog clocks are a dying breed. Digital clocks have been around for a long time, but the proliferation of smartphones and smartwatches from major manufacturers means that people have become ...

If you can read a traditional analog clock then congratulations, you’re smarter than artificial intelligence. AI is proving to be good at a lot of things, but reading an old-fashioned clock is not one ...

Nuclear clocks are the next big thing in ultra-precise timekeeping. Recent publications in the journal Nature propose a new method and new technology to build the clocks. Timekeeping has become more ...

In April of this year, Spanish athlete Beatriz Flamini emerged into the light after a 500-day stay in a cave. Her descent underground is probably the longest undertaken by a long stretch. Flamini says ...

Optical lattice clocks are devices that measure the passing of time via the frequency of light that is absorbed or emitted by laser-cooled atoms trapped in a repeating pattern of light interference ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The depression of 1837 hit Connecticut clock manufacturers so hard that they feared the entire industry might collapse ...