ATHENS (Reuters) - A humanoid figure dressed as a maid holds a jug in its right hand and, as hidden gears click and whirr, lifts it and pours wine into a cup a bystander has placed into the palm of ...

The operation of one of the oldest biological clocks in the world has, which is crucial for life on earth as we know it, has now been discovered by scientists. The researchers applied a new ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified the mechanism that controls the internal 24-hour clock of all forms of life -- a finding they say should shed light on some shift work-related problems ...

Russell Foster receives funding from BBSRC and Wellcome Trust. Our lives are ruled by time; we use time to tell us what to do. But the alarm clock that wakes us in the morning or the wristwatch that ...

People are obsessed with the time and the weather. We’ve talked about the weather since we were all cave dwellers hunting with spears. But the time is a different matter. Sure, people always had the ...

Before a team of specialist restorers got to it, this ancient clock was looking rather worn out. The working clock at St Catherine's Church, in Montacute, Somerset – which dates back around 600 years ...

A historic clock dating back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I has been brought back to life. The turret clock, one of the oldest in the country, was installed at the Church of St John the Baptist in ...

Ten years ago, researchers discovered that the biological clock in cyanobacteria consists of only three protein components: KaiA, KaiB and KaiC. These are the building blocks -- the gears, springs and ...