That big grandfather clock in the library might be an impressive piece of mechanical ingenuity, and an even better example of fine cabinetry, but we’d expect that the accuracy of a pendulum timepiece ...

SARASOTA — This clock doctor makes house calls. When Larry Geraci goes out to service a grandfather or other heirloom clock, he wheels in his hard-sided case, filled with specialized tools. He ...

Archbishop Ussher calculated that the world began at 6pm precisely on October 22, 4004BC. More recent scientists tell us with relatively less certainty that the Big Bang occurred 13.799 billion years ...