IN these days of accurate clocks and watches no one thinks of using a sun dial to tell the time of day. At best such an instrument can be right but four times a year, and in many places it can ...

The recent change to daylight saving time is a reminder to invest time wisely and, perhaps, find time to enjoy an educational ...

The first butterfly has fluttered by – a brimstone – always the first to greet the early sun. Then a furry bumble bee bumbled into the conservatory and had to be shown the way out with the assistance ...

For example, how many sides does it have? Explain to the kids that before clocks were invented, people would use the sun to tell the time. People used sundials that told the time based on the shadows ...

But the Earth and sun do not speak the same calendar. This makes for a dynamic array of seconds and sundials and valiant attempts to tick the same tock. Joy Moses-Hall teaches physics and ...

A solid-state nuclear clock has a great potential to become a robust and portable timing device that is highly precise.

This week, we set our clocks forward one hour, sacrificing an hour of sleep in exchange for longer daylight in the evening.

On Sunday, March 9, the United States moved its clocks forward for the first time this year. However, Americans will have to adjust their clocks again in a few months when Daylight Saving Time ...

If you frequent #FoodTok, then it should be no surprise why this trend is catching on. Dinosaur time is the lazy girl way to ...

Why not have the best of both times year-round? Let’s go on daylight-saving time year-round but advance our clocks by only a half-hour over standard time.

For decades, atomic clocks have been the pinnacle of precision timekeeping, enabling GPS navigation, cutting-edge physics ...