February is nearly halfway through. It’s staying just the teensiest bit lighter outside for longer, even though that groundhog’s prediction this year was kind of a bummer. The increasingly lighter ...

Time crystals are an oddity of quantum physics, but new calculations show that these bizarre materials could be useful for building very accurate clocks. All crystals are defined by repetition – ...

Daylight saving time is almost here. Clocks across most of the United States will soon spring forward one hour, shifting an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. The change arrives as days ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now that 2026 is officially underway, we’re only a few short weeks away from gaining more of that precious daylight. Although it ...

Earlier on Jan. 26, the hands of the Doomsday Clock were set closer to midnight than they've ever been in its history. Citing a worldwide "failure of leadership," the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ...

At the dawn of the nuclear age, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, nearly eight decades later, the clock ...

Have the past year's events brought us closer to doomsday? We'll find out next week when scientists announce whether they will be moving the hands of the "Doomsday Clock" in 2026. The clock, which ...

In just a few weeks, many Americans will partake in the semi-annual tradition of switching clocks and “spring ahead” for daylight saving time 2026. This year, DST will begin Sunday, March 8, at 2 a.m.

Privately run businesses eliminated jobs in November for the third time in four months, pointing to a broad slowdown in hiring that threatens to nudge unemployment higher and chip away at the economy.

Californians will soon gain a merciful extra hour this fall as when most of the U.S. returns to standard time in early November. On Nov. 2, Daylight Saving Time will end, and if you have any manual ...

Many people in the United States may have their circadian rhythm thrown off come Sunday morning, Nov. 2, due to daylight saving time ending. Clocks will "fall back" to standard time this year at 2 a.m ...