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Cutting-edge theories of physics suggest time may not be real – but even if they’re right, life can still go on as usual.
Some people dread the time change that occurs twice a year – and for good reason.
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Research suggests that permanent daylight saving time would save lives as well as energy and prevent crime.
The laws of physics explain why you can’t stop ink from spreading in water.
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Probabilistic processes are never time-reversible.
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Time ends when the universe does.
Mothers in college have less time to study than students without children.
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College students with children have slightly higher GPAs but often take a longer time to graduate and are more likely to drop out of school.
Popular New Year’s resolutions include exercising, learning a new skill and travelling.
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New Year’s resolutions can help us aim for a better future, but time management is the real key to actually achieving those resolutions.
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The calendar helps to give us a map of the shifting revolutions of the seasons, ordering our days. But how did it come about?
Amid the pandemic, confetti fell on an almost-empty Times Square last New Year’s Eve.
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Today most societies take the A.D. time system for granted. That wasn’t always the case.
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Cues from people and events around us plus memories of past holidays shape our sense of time over summer. No wonder one day blends into the next.
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Africans are stereotyped as having no regard for time and timing. This is a myth.
After taking a pandemic-induced hiatus in 2020, Lollapalooza returned to Chicago in summer 2021.
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Some concertgoers reported being so moved by their first concerts in nearly two years that they wept with joy – a testament to the power of this unique form of human communion and connection.
If you had faith in the development of effective treatments, time tended to pass quickly.
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For the first 12 months of the pandemic, a team of researchers tracked the relationship between emotions, time perception and health-related behaviors like wearing a mask.
Some cultures champion rest more than others.
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‘Hustle culture’ is so pervasive in U.S. society that not even the coronavirus pandemic could shake the urge to prioritize productivity.
Gravity feels like it’s pulling everything toward Earth, but why?
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Gravity is something every person on Earth intuitively understands: It is what keeps you on the ground. But how come gravity pulls down, rather than pushes up? Einstein came up with the answer.
People tend to reflexively assume that fun events will go by really quickly.
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A new study finds that the feeling is pervasive – and can change the way trips are planned and how money is spent.
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A different interpretation of time might explain why people see their whole lives replayed to them in a split second.
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This is the first time a measurement has been made of the entropy generated by telling time.
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New research has tested the latest generation of atomic clocks.
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From birdsong to window-tapping professionals to bleeping symphonies, morning alarms have come a long way.
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My research shows how lockdown changed our perception of time this year – and holds clues for how we’ll experience the wait for a vaccine in 2021.