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‘Perfect time’ gets closer: Revolutionary atomic clock could redefine the second
A shown-up picture: a crystal from indium- (pink) and ytterbium (blue) ions. (Credit: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) Traditional ion-based atomic clocks face a significant limitation: they ...
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Cook County judge who shared racist meme faces state probe, reassignment and bias training
A Cook County judge was reassigned, ordered to undergo bias training and will face a state disciplinary investigation for allegedly circulating a racist meme. The judge, Caroline Glennon-Goodman ...
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Clocks: faces (top), and mechanisms (below) of a Ferguson (right), and a Smeaton-Franklin clock (left). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1809.
These are unusual clocks: the Smeaton-Franklin has a single hand to indicate the hours and minutes, the Ferguson is a 24 hour clock which indicates high and low tides, and the phases of the moon ...
The New York Times10mon
The Best Alarm Clocks
Although I’m nearsighted, with basically mole-like eyesight, I could read this clock clearly from a distance—without wearing glasses or contacts. The DreamSky has a huge, easy-to-read face and ...