Timekeeping just got a quantum upgrade. A new quantum clock uses wave-like motion to tell precise time with minimal energy loss.

Scientists have taken a major step toward the ambitious global goal of “redefining the second” by the end of this decade. A ...

Sebastião Salgado, renowned for his striking black-and-white photography that chronicles the human condition, environmental crises and the fragile beauty of our planet with epic depth and poetic ...

What time could we see black or white smoke billow out of the Sistine Chapel? Here’s what to know about Day 1 of the Conclave and how to watch. The highly secretive selection process to replace ...

If black smoke appears, that means a new pope has not yet been chosen. But if white smoke is seen over ... so with the time zone difference between the U.S. and the Vatican, it's likely that ...

White or black smoke could be expected around 7-8 p.m. local time (1-2 p.m. ET). If a final decision isn't made the first day, folks can expect the next smoke signal to be shared mid-morning the ...

“The Clock ... Witnessing time pass can be fun in itself, whether seen on the face of Big Ben—whose many appearances, often in early Hitchcockian black-and-white, make it one of the ...

Clockmakers Rich Finn, left, and Tom Erb adjust the time zone controllers on a series of clocks for Paine Field at Everett ... Mr. Curl covered the White House for a dozen years as a correspondent for ...

Democratic Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester supports ending the clock switching. "We need to find a solution and stick with it," Rochester said. Some say Congress could let states choose which time ...

Meltem Weger has received funding from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (PhD fellowship; 2010-2012) and from the European Commission (Marie Curie Curie Postdoctoral fellowships; 2014 ...

Minneapolis rock band Semisonic is protesting the White House's use of its song "Closing Time" in a video showing a handcuffed deportee posted on social media. The video, posted Monday on X ...

The official White House and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) X accounts trolled critics on Monday by posting a meme video showing deportations to the famed '90s song "Closing Time," a ...