Atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...

W e’ve all experienced the shift to and from daylight saving time—whether we like it or not. In decades past, we’d wake up to ...

This year his birthday coincides with National Toast Day, so the Washington County Historical Society is marking the occasion ...

The history of the passport is complex and long. From Ancient China to classical Rome, passport-like documents have been used ...

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards are just a few days away, and as usual, we can expect a star-studded celebration. As awards are handed out throughout the evening, honoring the talented artists who ...

The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs will face each other in the Super Bowl for the second time in three years. This season, the Kansas City Chiefs will represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion who went on the become the Emmy-winning voice of Olympic figure skating broadcasts, died Thursday. He was 95.

The 76-year-old has been keeping time for the people of Yarm for 32 years. Now, as the High Street’s central timepiece winding mechanism has gone electrical, he is able to watch the clock like a ...

Is it the end of the world as we know it? The Doomsday Clock now indicates that we’re metaphorically one second closer to it than we were last year — the closest humanity has ever been to ...

Here’s a closer look at how the clock was created and how the time is determined. It’s a symbolic way of showing the public how close the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists believes the world is to ...