At long last, has baseball finally found a way to significantly shorten games? If Tuesday night is indication, that answer may indeed be yes. While the night's two LCS games took an average of more ...

The steady tick of a clock usually feels simple and dependable. Something swings or vibrates in a controlled rhythm and marks the passing of each moment. What you rarely notice is the hidden cost ...

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a surprising source of entropy in quantum timekeeping—the act of measurement itself. In a study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists ...