Learn how to make a simple DIY pendulum using a ping pong ball and basic household materials. This step-by-step guide shows ...

The pendulum at the museum is attached to a 61-foot-long cable. It typically swings as the Earth rotates, knocking down pegs, until it suddenly stopped this month. The Houston Museum of Natural ...

Simply sign up to the Technology myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Ralph Kettell was the kind of eccentric only Oxford can produce. Born in Hertfordshire in 1563, he was 15 when he ...

The familiar tick-tock of wall clocks originates from the escapement mechanism, which controls gear movement in precise steps. While our brains perceive two distinct sounds, clocks actually produce ...

How can the strange properties of quantum particles be exploited to perform extremely accurate measurements? This question is at the heart of the research field of quantum metrology. One example is ...

Bring your love for time and money together in this DIY clock project! Learn how to make your own "Time is Money" themed epoxy clock with vibrant colors and creative designs. Does a Passport Count as ...

I just love seeing how creative other people are. The creativity of the human mind truly has no bounds! It always inspires me to try to be more creative in my everyday life too. And this DIY magnetic ...

Three years ago, I published a blog post saying, “Today, there are calls for keeping Daylight Saving Time throughout the year.” Much of that opinion came from worries that tinkering with time has ...

For many years, scientists all around the world have been working towards this goal, now suddenly things are happening very fast: it was only in April that a team led by Prof Thorsten Schumm (TU Wien, ...