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Earth News

Global warming is messing with the way we measure time

Clocks may have to skip a second - called a "negative leap second" - around 2029.

28 March 2024

Moments

The best way to beat jet lag? With your stomach, scientists say

This mealtime tip is the trick to avoiding the worst of jet lag, according to a new study.

12 September 2023

Travel News

‘The sound of London’ is back as Big Ben chimes once again

After five years of silence, the ‘sound of London’ is back - Big Ben is chiming once again.

16 November 2022

Culture news

Killing time with Pakistan's lonely clock collector

Hundreds of antique clocks fill a small hall in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, where collector Gul Kakar swears he will spend all the time he has left caring for them.

10 December 2021

Nature

Scientists have just discovered that plants can tell the time

Did you know that plants, like humans, have an ‘internal clock’?

2 June 2021

Earth News

Prague's 600-year-old medieval clock returned

Restoration works have been made for the clock to go back to its 19th-century mechanical design.

27 September 2018

Earth News

Turning back time

Russian couple transform vinyl records into clocks

20 September 2018

World News

No change likely to EU clock change rules despite strong opposition

Do you enjoy long summer evenings? Or does the twice-yearly hour change disrupt your body-clock? See the EU’s response to calls for Europe-wide rules to change.

22 March 2018