What a wind up! Antique clockmaker spends hours resetting HUNDREDS of timepieces because clocks went forward this morning (so don’t YOU forget either!) British Summer Time starts at 1AM tomorrow, moving clocks an hour forward Dorset Antique Clocks face daunting task of changing hundreds of timepieces Their huge collection includes a 236-year-old table clock worth £55,000 … Read more
On Sunday we lose a precious hour in bed as the clocks go forward in the annual move to daylight saving time (DST). But there is increasing evidence that this shift may play havoc with our internal body clock and our health. ‘Our internal clock will still be running on old Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) … Read more
Remote-controlled glider clocks 548mph to make a new dynamic soaring speed world record after launching from a windy Santa Ana hill A new dynamic soaring world record was made in California A remote-controlled glider top speeds of 548mph, beating the previous by 3mph The technique uses high gusts of wind as the propulsion system When thrown off … Read more
Among the Britons not happy with their extra hour in bed this morning are the royal staff who spend 40 hours changing the Queen’s 1,500 clocks in preparation. Royal Collection Trust staff have been toiling on the timepieces at Buckingham Palace, Windsor and Holyrood, in preparation for the UK switching back to Greenwich Mean Time … Read more
The story is told (it may even be true) of the old woman who lived alone with her cat in a small wooden shack on the border between Russia and Belarus. One day, soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union made these two places into separate countries, an official banged on her door. ‘Sorry … Read more
Goldman Sachs clocks up best quarter in ten years thanks to pandemic trading frenzy By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 Booming markets helped Goldman Sachs clock up its most profitable quarter in a decade. While the coronavirus crisis has plunged the … Read more
Delicately balanced boulders have been used to create a ‘rock clock’ that can improve the accuracy of earthquake severity predictions by up 50 per cent. Imperial College London researchers created a new severe earthquake forecasting model using information from formations of precariously balanced rocks (PBRs). PBRs, rock formations where a ‘slender boulder’ is delicately perched … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Footsie clocks up its best quarter for a decade as it bounces back from 25% drop at the start of the pandemic By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:27 BST, 30 June 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 30 June 2020 The FTSE 100 has clocked up its best quarter for a … Read more