How can we measure time more than 500 million years into the past? A study recently published in Nature Communications by researchers at the University of Lausanne presents a new geological "rock ...

Scientists are exploring a new type of optical atomic clock based on ytterbium-173 ions that could help define the future standard for measuring time.

The creation of atomic clocks allowed scientists to measure the second independently, based on unchanging features of nature.

Chinese scientists have engineered a clock so accurate it could lead to a redefinition of the second and an ultraprecise global time standard. The new optical clock is so accurate that it loses or ...

Coffee is the original biohack and the nation’s most popular productivity tool. As we adjust to the changeover to daylight ...

Design is but a story. You may not realize it, yet every time you invest in a new sheet set, pick up a cozy blanket, or add a ...

Romagna’s capital still thrives on traditions like tagliatelle al ragù and mortadella, new openings are taking the city in refreshing directions.

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(CNN) — President Donald Trump is preparing to make health care a central focus of his midterm sales pitch, despite weak polling and misgivings among some of his own advisers about elevating an issue ...