Deep inside a Texas mountain, a vast mechanical clock urges humanity to measure time on the scale of civilisation ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Most children no longer have to learn to tell the time. It stares them in the face in form of the digits on their mobile phones. No wonder schools around Britain are removing analogue clocks from ...

Schools are removing analogue clocks from examination halls because teenagers are unable to tell the time, a head teachers’ union has said. Teachers are now installing digital devices after pupils ...

This mind-boggling riddle that has been shared on social media is sure to leave you puzzled. We all rely on clocks daily to keep track of time, yet how many of us fully understand the workings of a ...

It comes as a surprise even in the digital age – but just half of 18 to 24-year-olds have no problem reading a traditional watch. Staggeringly, more than a fifth of the age group – known as Generation ...

Anyone looking for a DIY project to keep them busy over the next few weeks might be interested in this very original and unique looking Voltmeter Clock that has been created by Instructables user ...

A seemingly broken clock, though non-functional, accurately displays the correct time twice daily due to the 12-hour cycle.

"My own personal opinion is that time is a human construct," says Tom O'Brian. O'Brian has thought a lot about this over the years. He is America's official timekeeper at the National Institute of ...

A "time-eating" clock designed and engineered by Isle of Man inventor John Taylor is on display at the SalonQP exhibition in London. The Chronophage or time-eater clock is valued at more than £2m and ...