Lord Vetinari from the Discworld series is known for many things, but perhaps most of all a clock that doesn’t quite keep continuous time. Instead, it ticks away at random increments to ...

My aunt, who constantly scours local estate sales in Northern California, gave me a clear glass fairy lamp in a vintage stars-and-bars pattern last year, and it's now one of my favorite home decor ...

Atomic clocks have long been the gold standard for measuring time and frequency. Among them, optical clocks—using atoms like ...