Big Ben is often spoken of as if it were a single object, but the reality is more layered. The name refers to the Great Bell, ...

AI isn’t just bad at making clocks; it’s also bad at reading them. A 2025 study by technologist Alek Safar suggests that ...

A team of physicists has discovered a surprisingly simple way to build nuclear clocks using tiny amounts of rare thorium. By ...

A clock that was pulled from an Edinburgh street over three years ago should be fixed and returned to its place, according to a local councillor. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh ...

The familiar tick-tock of wall clocks originates from the escapement mechanism, which controls gear movement in precise steps. While our brains perceive two distinct sounds, clocks actually produce ...

The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these measurements far more accurate. In 2003, engineers from Germany and ...

Most human children learn how to tell time around ages six and seven — but artificial intelligence still, apparently, can’t parse a clock face. Researchers from Scotland’s University of Edinburgh have ...

Have you ever watched how the playground swing makes a big arc through the sky and wondered what forces make that happen? That swing is a classic example of a ...

Inside a laboratory nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, amid a labyrinth of lenses, mirrors, and other optical machinery bolted to a vibration-resistant table, an apparatus resembling a ...