- NICT is the first in the world to generate national standard time by reference to an optical clock. - By adding an optical lattice clock to the time system, time is kept within five billionth of a ...
(NEXSTAR) — We’re just a couple of weeks away from the end of daylight saving time, the back half of a twice-a-year practice the U.S. has observed for decades. Whether the U.S. should observe ...
On Nov. 18, 1883, the scene at a Chicago railroad station reminded a Tribune reporter of the biblical story of Joshua commanding the sun to stand still. “At about a quarter to 12 o’clock, Chicago time ...