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Time

American Clock and Watch Museum.

Bristol, Connecticut

American Clock and Watch Museum

Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.

Burlington Earth Clock.

Burlington, Vermont

Burlington Earth Clock

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

Who'd miss a chance to party with Stephen?

When Stephen Hawking Threw a Cocktail Party for Time Travelers

No one showed up.

Anne Ewbank March 14, 2018

Millions of Europeans now have a fail-safe reason for why they were up to six minutes late.

Millions of European Clocks Are Running Up to 6 Minutes Slow

How tensions between Kosovo and Serbia caused a wrinkle in time.

Natasha Frost March 12, 2018

A global isochrone map, showing how long it takes to travel from a given spot to the nearest city.

Why Isochrone Maps Are Enjoying a Renaissance

As data sources keep improving, mapmakers keep finding more uses for the 19th-century invention.

Cara Giaimo February 12, 2018

"Time" is the most commonly used noun in the English language, but its meanings seem various and ill-defined.

How Long Is a Moment?

The physics, neuroscience, linguistics, and philosophy behind a little bit of time.

Natasha Frost February 6, 2018

The astronomical clock.

Stará Bystrica, Slovakia

Stará Bystrica Astronomical Clock

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

The trunk is hundreds of years old; its roots have been living for almost 10,000 years.

What 2017 Was Like for the World's Oldest Trees

The past 12 months, contemplated in tree time.

Sarah Laskow December 28, 2017

The lake in the winter.

Lappajärvi, Finland

Lake Lappajärvi

Nuclear waste experts study this prehistoric crater lake to envision landscapes one million years in the future.

The meridian line.

Prague, Czechia

Prague Meridian

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

The bottom calendar wheel of the astronomical clock.

Lübeck, Germany

Astronomical Clock at St. Mary's Church

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

Clock Cottage.

Derbyshire, England

Clock Cottage

A gardener saved a beloved clock face from destruction by building it into a wall outside his house.

Big Ben, looking ready to bong.

Big Ben Is Taking 4 Years Off

The famed clock will hush up for a while to facilitate repairs.

Cara Giaimo August 14, 2017

Futuroscope after dark

Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France

Futuroscope

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

Dual-time clock at the Bristol Exchange

Bristol, England

Corn Exchange Dual-Time Clock

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

Vancouver, British Columbia

9 O'Clock Gun

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

This will be alive, and you will be dead.

This Tube Worm Will Outlive Us All

Some members of the species can live past 300.

Sarah Laskow July 17, 2017

The Augenroller.

Koblenz, Germany

Augenroller (Eye Roller)

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.