Tag: time

Permanent Daylight Saving Time? No, thanks.

As we’re reminded each spring and fall, time changes are disorienting and disruptive. But the renewed movement to make Daylight Saving Time permanent is misguided—maybe even dangerous. Yes, DST might get us home before sunset in the winter. At what cost, though? The mornings would be brutal. If Standard Time were eliminated, dawn would come […]

November 17, 2019
Putting screen time to better use

We claim that we’re “too busy” to launch a new project, read more, or exercise. But what about the time spent thumbing through Facebook, playing Clash of Clans, or binging on Netflix?

January 2, 2019
Why does Apple brag about the Watch’s accurate timekeeping?

Are atomic physicists timing their experiments using the Watch? Do NASA engineers schedule booster ignition using Siri?

January 5, 2016