Time Travel: Theories, Paradoxes, and Possibilities

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Introduction Have you ever committed a grave mistake you wished you could take back? Its ability to go back to the past and have the chance to correct errors is one of the reasons why humans find the idea of time travel so intriguing. Many science fiction stories explore the idea of … Read more

The History of Timekeeping

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Introduction Humans have been keeping track of time with increasing accuracy for millennia, starting with sticks in the ground and progressing to caesium atomic clocks. One primary characteristic that makes us human is our capacity for measuring time. Time measurements have advanced from incredibly imprecise and crude to so precise that it … Read more

Casinos Don’t Have Clocks and Here’s Why

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Have you noticed how time flies when you are engaged in an interesting activity? It is quite common and happens mostly when you are in a good company, watching or playing games and having fun. The real-life example of this scenario is a physical casino – a place where you purposefully lose … Read more

Who Invented Modern Clock?

Who Invented Modern Clock?

Since 3,500 BC, clocks have helped us measure and show time and since then we have been measuring it in different ways with the use of candle clocks, sundials, water clocks, and hourglasses. And today, we use a base-60 time system which means there is a 60-minute and 60-second increment clock. But … Read more

What Countries Use Daylight Savings Time?

What Countries Use Daylight Savings Time?

The use of Daylight Savings Time has been quite a controversy but most of the world, except for the countries that are located near the Equator have used or currently are using DST. Today, almost 70 countries in the world useDaylight Saving Time in at least a portion of the country. But … Read more

History of Greenwich Mean Time

History of Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich mean time or GMT is the mean solar time or the clock time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. The time there remains the same all year round and it is not affected by Daylight Saving Time or Summer Time changes. GMT is often used by English speakers as a … Read more

Online Countdown Timers

CountDown Timer

A countdown timer is a useful tool for several activities. It’s basically used to count backwards towards a specific time, date, or other deadline. Think of it as a digital clock running backwards towards the time for a certain event. History The earliest uses of countdown timers were also based on some … Read more

Business Days Calculator

Business Days Calculator

What does it mean when someone says that your work would be completed within 14 working days or 14 business days? Precisely, this is a common way of saying that excluding the non-working days such as Sunday or in some countries, Saturday also, your work would be done. For example, if you … Read more

What is Sidereal Time?

You’ve heard of standard time, aka solar time, but what the heck is sidereal time?  Isn’t time just time/ Yes it is but its all about how you measure it. Simply put, it is responsible for measuring the rotation of the Earth relative to the stars instead of the sun. Astronomers use … Read more