Happy New Year, Happy Same Galactic Year
Today marks the start of another Earth orbit around the sun, but there's also something called the galactic year, and that one just keeps going and going and going.
Ruth Belville, The Last “Time Carrier” In London
Today in 1854, the birthday of a very important person in the history of how we keep track of time: Ruth Belville, who has been called the “Greenwich Time Lady.”
February Is The Shortest Month For Literally Odd Reasons
We're in the shortest month of the year, but how did that happen? The answer starts with the Romans, who had reasons.
Garisenda Tower Is Italy’s Other Leaning Tower
You may know about Pisa's world-famous leaning tower, but the city of Bologna has one too - and officials are planning to spend some big money to keep it from leaning too far and falling over.
The Zeitpyramide Is An Art Project That Will Take 1,200 Years To Build
This month in 1993, the start of a project that is going to take a while: the Zeitpyramide, a 120 block art installation that’s being built at the rate of one block every decade.
How Insects, World War I, Golf Balls And Halloween Candy Helped Lead Us To Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time begins early this Sunday. People have been complaining about the time change, or the lack thereof, since it first came up. So how did it first come up?
Science Says Cats Can Perceive Time, Sort Of
The news site Inverse stopped me in my tracks with their recent article “Can Cats Tell Time? Yes, But It's Complicated.” And, when we look at the relationship between cats and time, it is complicated.
If Humans Land On Mars, Telling Time Will Get A Lot More Complicated
Many people hope humans will eventually walk on Mars. But there's a lot to sort out before that can happen, including this question: how does the way we tell time change when we have humans on more than one planet?
In Sweden In 1712, February Had 30 Days
Most years February is 28 days long. Every fourth year it has 29. But one time, in one country, for one year, there was a February 30th.
A Wooden Clock That Writes Out The Time
Our last show of the year is about the Plock, a very unique clock that doesn’t so much tell the time as it writes the time out.