Ok I grabbed a clock that syncs with the atomic clock as I was sick of mine always dying due to power outages, etc...<BR><BR>So anyway I wake up late for my morning class today, and why? My atomic ...

China has quietly taken a decisive step in the new space race by building what it calls the first software system capable of ...

Here on Earth, it might not matter if your wristwatch runs a few seconds slow. But crucial spacecraft functions need accuracy down to one billionth of a second or less. Navigating with GPS, for ...

EUROPE — Every clock in your house probably tells a slightly different time. Now picture those clocks as the most precise instruments humanity has ever built, so accurate that they wouldn’t lose or ...

In an era when millions of Americans are chained to computers, handcuffed to BlackBerrys and plugged into iPods, something as simple as knowing the current time should be easy. But here’s the snag: ...