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Ruth Belville: How the Greenwich Time Lady kept London ticking
In the 1800's the Greenwich Time Lady would take her stopwatch to the Royal Observatory, then travel all over London so her ...
Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Why do we change our clocks? And how does it affect our bodies?
As summer fades into autumn, most Australian states and territories will set their clocks back an hour as daylight saving ...
'Stuck' clock honours town's old time zone
A clock honouring a town's old time zone has been unveiled at a shopping centre.The Stroud Time clock at the Five Valleys ...
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The epic quest to redefine the second using the world's best clocks
A more precise definition of the second is crucial to all sorts of physical measurements – but to get there, scientists have ...
Inside the Race to Build the Most Precise Clock in the Universe
A revolutionary timekeeping breakthrough could be on the horizon as scientists explore the thorium-229 nuclear optical clock, ...
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Malfunctional Timekeeping With The Vetinari Clock
Lord Vetinari from the Discworld series is known for many things, but perhaps most of all a clock that doesn’t quite keep continuous time. Instead, it ticks away at random increments to ...
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First-ever thorium nuclear optical clock - the world’s most accurate timekeeper
Atomic clocks have long been the gold standard for measuring time and frequency. Among them, optical clocks—using atoms like ...