C-3PO is one of the more famous movie robots out there. However, we don’t see a lot of replicas built, perhaps because in ...

Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions. To build a clock, you need something that ticks in a perfectly repeatable way.

Gen Z is living the high life — on the job. A growing share of Zoomers — the generation aged 14 to 29 — report they’re turning to pot, booze and pills to get through the workday, sometimes before it ...

Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Steve Sack did not intend to retire when he left the Star Tribune in 2022 after a 42-year career. “I had no choice, really,” Sack said.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, introduced a bill Tuesday to regulate the Pentagon’s use of AI, an opening salvo in how Congress might address the military's ...

A new optical clock concept based on ytterbium-173 ions may help bridge two key strengths of modern atomic clocks: the extreme accuracy of single-ion systems and the stability of clocks that use many ...

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...

People say it every day without thinking ― “two o’clock,” “six o’clock,” “eight o’clock sharp.” But what is the purpose of that little “o” and apostrophe? Is it short for something? Why do we only use ...

The Doomsday Clock was set closer to midnight than it’s ever been before on Jan. 27. The Doomsday Clock is a symbol created by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in June 1947 to show how close ...