Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor that represents how close humanity is to self-destruction, due to nuclear weapons and climate change. The clock hands are set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, ...

What is the molecular clock? Levels of molecular variation could be used, in principle, to estimate divergence times, serving as evolutionary "clocks" that "tick" at different rates. Subsequent ...

Technologies that offer variation tolerance boost design performance and productivity. Clock mesh technology provides uniform, low skew clock distribution and offers better tolerance to on-chip ...

And they used some of their new knowledge to make inventions like the water wheel, the alarm clock, the catapult and even, the vending machine! Finally, our language has roots in ancient Greece ...

The ancient Egyptians had many gods and goddesses. Gods created the universe and made sure everything was in order. They were also involved in everyday life. The god Khnum was the god of the ...

is one that's rarely heard these days. Of course, it used to be the case that we relied on clock towers to ensure we weren't late. The earliest examples had no clock faces and so it made sense to ...

Sunrise alarm clocks mimic the gradually brightening light of the sun to ease you out of sleep. Think of it as a biological hack. “We evolved to align our sleep-wake cycles with the sun ...

The NBA's 24-second shot clock -- created by Danny Biasone and adopted on April 22, 1954 -- changed both basketball at large and the league.

Car Clock of the Week: 1977 Chrysler New Yorker mechanical-digital Car Clock of the Week: 2000 Lincoln Town Car Cartier Edition analog Car Clock of the Week: 1984 Lincoln Town Car analog Car Clock ...

Don’t be alarmed, but Nintendo’s latest gadget is a clock: Alarmo. You shouldn’t be surprised – at the dawn of home gaming, Nintendo’s Game & Watch devices doubled as desk clocks. The tiny snag: ...

The First Amendment should have ended the sedition laws, but in 1798, the Alien and Sedition Acts were signed by John Adams ...