AI is already sufficiently robust that it introduces new global risks and exacerbates existing threats. Its development is ...

Nuclear clocks are a technology researchers have been working toward for decades. New research in theoretical physics brings them closer to reality.

One easy way to make a very accurate clock is with a WiFi-enabled microcontroller like an ESP32 and a display: set up NTP, ...

A shot clock in high school basketball has been a hot button topic for a long time, but that debate is over. It’s coming.

The steady tick of a clock usually feels simple and dependable. Something swings or vibrates in a controlled rhythm and marks the passing of each moment. What you rarely notice is the hidden cost ...

Quantum timekeeping is supposed to be the ultimate in efficiency, with tiny devices that tick using the rules of quantum mechanics instead of swinging pendulums or vibrating quartz. Yet new work on a ...

A research team at VTT MIKES has set a new record in optical-clock absolute frequency measurements using a strontium ...

Beginning in the 2028-29 season, all varsity and JV boys and girls basketball games in the state will use a 35-second shot ...

Just 76 years after the NBA, 58 years after women’s college basketball and 43 years after men’s college basketball instituted a shot clock, the PIAA will be doing so as well. Beginning in the ...

Pulsars are some of the most reliable metronomes in the universe, and scientists are now using their flickering radio beams ...

A revolutionary achievement could pave the way for smaller, more efficient nuclear clocks. Last year, a research team led by UCLA achieved a milestone scientists had pursued for half a century. They s ...

Both the musical and its movie adaptation largely leave out a key piece of worldbuilding from Gregory Maguire's novels—making the repeated use of 'Clock Tick' in 'For Good' come off weirder than any ...