Being able to know the time at any given moment is a bit of a modern luxury/annoyance, depending on how often your kids ask ...

A new online portal created by the British Library and Qatar Foundation features 25,000 pages of medieval Arabic manuscripts centered on the history of science. Bink Hallum, Arabic Scientific ...

Astronomical clocks are over 1,000 years old — some say the first was the mysterious Antikythera Mechanism. They predict the movements of the stars, sun, moon, and planets. They are also among the ...

PRAGUE (AP) — A medieval astronomical clock that is a major tourist attraction in Prague is working again after more than eight months of repairs. Thousands of people gathered in the Czech capital on ...

A set of medieval murals have been saved from ruin thanks to a major cash injection from a national Church of England’s ...

A Brooklyn reader asks, "If you were to take a digital clock and flip it over, in a 12-hour period how many words would it spell out?" The digits of seven-segment numeric displays, when turned ...

St Albans is an historic city, dating back to the days of the Roman conquest of Britain. It is located 20 miles away from London. Within the city there is a medieval clock tower. The tower stands in ...

Thousands of people gather in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, as one of Prague's major tourist attractions, the medieval astronomical clock, resumes operations in its former glory ...