The International System of Units is the foundation of metrology, ensuring that all units across science are consistent. But in among the strict modern definitions based on universal constants, there ...

Humans historically have worked well with decimal numbering systems. This is probably due to the fact most of us have ten fingers, which make counting in base ten easy. Yet humanity seems to doggedly ...

All it takes is one scroll through X or TikTok, or a conversation with a group of Gen Z friends spilling the tea, to hear the phrase "clock it!" At first, it sounds like someone is asking you for the ...

A mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today. In October 1793, the newly established French Republic embarked on an ill-fated experiment. It decided to change ...

A mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today. It quickly began causing no end of headaches, says Finn Burridge, a science communicator at Royal Museums Greenwich ...

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How some of the world’s most precise clocks missed a very small beat. By Mike Ives and Adeel Hassan Time appeared to skip a beat last week when some of the world’s most accurate clocks were affected ...

Nuclear clocks are the next big thing in ultra-precise timekeeping. Recent publications in the journal Nature propose a new method and new technology to build the clocks. Timekeeping has become more ...

When daylight saving time ends on Sunday, and mornings are gradually growing darker. Whether you’re after a gentle sunrise glow or a good old-fashioned buzzer that could wake the neighbors, we’ve ...