Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions. To build a clock, you need something that ticks in a perfectly repeatable way.

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Just after 3 a.m. on a recent Friday morning, a 4.5-foot-long leatherback sea turtle covered her freshly dug nest with sand, sweeping and packing it into place with steady strokes of her flippers just ...

Journalist Jo Ling Kent joined CBS News in July 2023 as the senior business and technology correspondent for CBS News. Kent has more than 15 years of experience covering the intersection of technology ...

(NEXSTAR) — Daylight saving time has only just begun, but before you know it, it will end again. That’s partially because daylight saving time, which started as early as possible this year, will also ...

As the U.S. military expands its use of AI tools to pinpoint targets for airstrikes in Iran, members of Congress are calling for guardrails and greater oversight of the technology’s use in war.

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Clocks will skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday for daylight saving time in most of the U.S., creating a 23-hour day that throws off sleep schedules, plunges early-morning dog walks into darkness and ...

Clocks will skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday for daylight saving time in most of the U.S., creating a 23-hour day that throws off sleep schedules, plunges early-morning dog walks into darkness and ...

The start of daylight saving time, the time period in which many Americans set their clocks ahead by an hour, is fast approaching. The seasonal time change when we "spring forward" will occur on ...

Most of the United States observes daylight saving time, with clocks springing forward on March 8. Tennessee passed a law in 2019 to adopt year-round daylight saving time, but it requires a federal ...