When the Times Square Ball Drop Began at Midnight Nowadays, the ball drop is a countdown, ending at the stroke of midnight. But it used to work more like a starter’s pistol.
Time Is Way Weirder Than You Think The neuroscientist Dean Buonomano talks expansively about time — what it is and all the ways humans perceive its passing.
Time Is Running Out for the Leap Second To the world’s timekeepers, the leap second is a kludge, a bane, a pain in the little hand. Now they’re proposing to ditch it. Will our days ever be the same?
‘Quiet Quitting’ Is Not the Solution to Burnout As counterintuitive as it seems, adding new, energizing activities to your schedule just might make life feel more doable.