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FOUND: 1958 Video In a Psychiatric Hospital's Time Capsule

Sarah Laskow October 14, 2015
A detail on Pope Gregory XIII's tomb, carved by Camillo Rusconi, shows the Pope being presented with a plan for what would become the Gregorian Calendar.
sacred spaces

When The Pope Made 10 Days Disappear

Cara Giaimo October 6, 2015
clocks

Why Can’t We Get Rid of the 7-Day Week?

Dan Nosowitz September 17, 2015
The Real Greenwich Prime Meridian
London, England

The Real Greenwich Prime Meridian

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
clocks

Push The Boundaries of Time-Keeping With These 11 Clocks

Jeremy Berke August 7, 2015
Big Diomede as viewed from Little Diomede. (Wikimedia Commons)
Russia

Diomede Islands

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.
Boulder, Colorado

NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock

The clock that sets them all.