In the Pilbara of Western Australia, some of Earth's oldest rocks lie beneath the sky, as they have for billions of years.

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These radical new devices keep time using fluctuations in the energy states of an atom’s nucleus, rather than those of its ...

Two teams of physicists have made the world’s first nuclear clocks. These radical new devices use fluctuations in the energy ...

TODAY: I'm tracking isolated to scattered storms during the morning hours as temperatures start in the low to mid 60s. Some of these could be stronger, producing heavy downpours, lightning, gusty ...

World's first thorium-229 nuclear clock shows potential for ultra-precise timekeeping and fundamental physics tests.

Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals was a movie. No, seriously. Despite the electric atmosphere at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks looked lifeless for most of the contest and into the fourth quarter. But ...

Chicago’s Department of Water Management will receive about $22 million in federal funding to help replace lead pipes in Austin, U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin announced Wednesday. The ...

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Humanity has used clocks since we became aware of the concept of time. And as technology has improved, so have our time-keeping methods. Today, many people rely on digital clocks to track the hours ...