At Winchester Cathedral, the clock was only visible from the south side of the tower, facing away from the city itself — a decision thought to avoid reminding most workers how many hours they had ...

Discover the fascinating world of physics and engineering with our step-by-step guide on "How to Make a Pendulum Machine." ...

This guide will walk you through key identification tips, from recognizing clock styles and mechanisms to understanding materials and maker marks.

If you’re looking for hints and answers for Strands for Friday, September 26, 2025, read on—I’ll share some clues and tips, and finally the solution to the puzzle with the theme “As old as time.” For ...

To the average ear, the difference between tick-tak-tick-tak and tak-tak-tak-tak is likely inconsequential, if at all noticeable. But being able to diagnose the issue with a faulty cuckoo clock, based ...

St Augustine's clock in East Hendred has been keeping time since Henry VIII was on the throne. Villagers have been celebrating the 500th birthday of the clock in their parish church. The timepiece in ...

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 ...

The Houston Symphony is embarking on a series of concerts that recast the stories of some of the most famous fairy tales — "Cinderella," "The Little Mermaid" and the like — but composer Karim Al-Zand ...

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 ...

Archbishop Ussher calculated that the world began at 6pm precisely on October 22, 4004BC. More recent scientists tell us with relatively less certainty that the Big Bang occurred 13.799 billion years ...

Time is an inalienable part of our reality. Scientists don’t understand it fully at the universe’s largest and smallest scales, but fortunately for humans, a panoply of natural philosophers and ...