Category: Time

Grief Makes Us Time Travelers

A neuroscientist studying memory, I used to believe time was linear. Then my mother had a stroke.
Learning to Measure Time in Love and Loss

In this essay from 2013, a writer tries to appreciate the limits of his own life.
Edinburgh’s Time Ball Will Fall Again

The time signaling device, which hasn’t been operating in recent years, is being restored as part of the renovation of a Calton Hill monument.
For Ytasha Womack, the Afrofuture is Now

The writer and filmmaker discusses the blend of theoretical cosmology and Black culture in Chicago’s newest planetarium show.
A Giant Leap for the Leap Second. Is Mankind Ready?

A top scientist has proposed a new way to reconcile the two different ways that our clocks keep time. Meet — wait for it — the leap minute.
It’s Official: The Leap Second Will Be Retired (a Decade from Now)

The New York Times – Business:
On Friday, an international vote was taken to ditch the leap second, a technical fudge that has caused headaches since its inception 50 years ago.
Is Time Running Out for the Leap Second?

The New York Times – Business:
To the world’s timekeepers, the leap second is a kludge, a bane, a pain in the little hand. Now they’re proposing to ditch it. Will our days ever be the same?
A Children’s Watch That Tells More Than the Hour

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The founder of Blok Watches said its first timepiece helps young wearers see, and understand, the passage of time.