Between the sheets at the college Excel championships

One of the most unusual — and fun — events in college sports is a high-stakes spreadsheeting competition in Las Vegas.

New facility lets golfers practice around the clock

The Swing Refinery doesn't have bars or food ... but that's fine for the clientele it's looking to reach.
Fireship on MSN

The JavaScript ecosystem didn’t see this coming

Anthropic’s move into the JavaScript ecosystem surprised almost everyone. Buying a popular runtime isn’t just a tooling ...
The Register-Herald

'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight over threats from nuclear weapons, climate change and AI

A science-oriented advocacy group moved its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds to midnight, saying the Earth is closer than ever to destruction. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on Tuesday cited ...
The Caledonian-Record

'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight, a year into Trump term

The "Doomsday Clock" representing how near humanity is to catastrophe on Tuesday moved closer than ever to midnight as concerns grow on nuclear weapons, climate change and disinformation.

Trumark Homes puts Rancho Cordova on clock over Kassis property

While the city of Rancho Cordova and homebuilder Trumark Homes are discussing possible development for the Kassis property, ...
Artnet

Christian Marclay on Why ‘The Clock’ Challenges a Digitally Obsessed Generation

A close friend once described my relationship with time as “loose.” A mere guide or suggestion, say. Yet as I walk up to Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie to interview artist Christian Marclay ahead of ...
The New York Times

Some of the World’s Atomic Clocks Were Off Last Week (by 5-Millionths of a Second)

How some of the world’s most precise clocks missed a very small beat. By Mike Ives and Adeel Hassan Time appeared to skip a beat last week when some of the world’s most accurate clocks were affected ...
The Atlantic

The Island Without Time

When the sun rises on May 18 in the small Norwegian fishing village of Sommarøy, located above the Arctic Circle, it doesn’t set again until July 26. Later in the year, it vanishes from November until ...
CBS News

Power outage in Boulder area affects atomic clock, "Time is not broken" NIST says

In advance of hurricane force winds moving into Colorado earlier this week, Xcel Energy preemptively shut off power to protect areas of the state from extreme fire danger. But due to the outage, time ...
unr.edu

The most precise clock ever built ticks closer to reality

Nuclear clocks are the next big thing in ultra-precise timekeeping. Recent publications in the journal Nature propose a new method and new technology to build the clocks. Timekeeping has become more ...
The New York Times

Britain Gets Its First New Rail Clock Design in a Half Century

In a nod to history, the digital clock’s seconds indicator incorporates the British railway system’s renowned double arrow logo. By Susanne Fowler Reporting from London Train stations are known for ...