A more precise definition of the second is crucial to all sorts of physical measurements – but to get there, scientists have ...

Trump’s Department of Justice had asked the case to be dismissed without prejudice, meaning the charges could be reinstated ...

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 ...

One of the most important projects of the 20th century was also one of the most daring and destructive, and it reshaped the ...

Smartphones may be our ultimate timekeepers these days, but the best wall clocks certainly add more panache to the act of ...

A powerful earthquake centred in Myanmar rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, killing several people and causing extensive damage ...