`Leap second` under the gun at Geneva time talks

Last Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 22:04

Without the leap second, hi-tech clocks would race ahead of solar time, leading to an error of 15 s every 100 years.

Doomsday Clock a minute closer to midnight

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 10:46

The symbolic Doomsday Clock calculated by a group of scientists was moved a minute closer to midnight on Tuesday, with the group citing inadequate progress on nuclear weapons reduction and climate change.

Pentagon-backed `time cloak` stops the clock

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 23:36

Pentagon-supported physicists on Wednesday said they had devised a "time cloak" that briefly makes an event undetectable.

I look for clock towers in cities: Amitabh Bachchan

Last Updated: Saturday, October 22, 2011, 17:56

Amitabh Bachchan has revealed his fetish for time, so much so that once the megastar visits a new city, his eyes scan the horizon for clock towers.

`Alarm clock` that helps wake up fresh from sleep!

Last Updated: Friday, October 21, 2011, 19:25

An Indian origin researcher has claimed to have found the answer to why a number of people fail to wake up feeling refreshed in the morning despite even having a chance to snooze the alarm button to catch some extra sleep.

Shift work ups teens` multiple sclerosis risk

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 19:34

Teenagers who engage in shift work may be at risk for multiple sclerosis due to a disruption in their circadian rhythm sayand sleep pattern.

Lean times on the Thames: Big Ben slightly askew

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 10:07

Big Ben has a little bend. Experts say the neogothic clock tower, one of the world`s most recognisable landmarks, is gently leaning to one side.

The iconic Westminster clock tower in London is leaning

Last Updated: Monday, October 10, 2011, 08:56

Endless underground building works have been blamed for the tiny topple and civil engineers say the problem is only getting worse.

Tweaking plants` bio-clock can up food output

Last Updated: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 14:43

Tweaking the biological clock of plants could make global food shortages a thing of the past.

UK`s atomic clock is most accurate

Last Updated: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 11:00

A caesium fountain clock that keeps the United Kingdom’s atomic time is now the most accurate long-term timekeeper in the world.

UK`s atomic clock `is world`s most accurate`

Last Updated: Friday, August 26, 2011, 18:24

An atomic clock at Britain`s National Physical Laboratory is the world`s most accurate and it would lose or gain less than a second in some 138 million years.