It's Memorial Day, Short Wavers. This holiday, we bring you a meditation on time ... and clocks. There are hundreds of atomic clocks in orbit right now, perched on satellites all over Earth. We depend ...
The universal need to be on time keeps everyone on the move, shaping society into a permanently well-oiled machine. Whether you find yourself glancing at a clock on the wall or checking your phone, ...
What could be more exciting than finding a dinosaur egg? The tiny shells from which some of the largest animals ever to walk ...
DENVER (KDVR) — It is said that time is relative and passes differently depending on an observer’s relative motion and gravitational potential. Although some would argue time is a construct, it does ...
A newly discovered set of mathematical equations describes how to turn any sequence of random events into a clock, scientists ...
August 5th, 2025, is predicted to be one of the shortest days of the year, approximately 1.34 milliseconds shorter than 24 hours. Scientists attribute this phenomenon to changes in the Earth's core ...
On those three days, just over a millisecond is expected to be shaved off the standard 24-hour day. Of course, you're unlikely to notice such a miniscule difference in your day. But scientists who ...