Daylight saving time ends this Sunday at 2:00 a.m. It was introduced in 1918 as a way to conserve energy by making the most of summer’s daylight hours. But some people say that shifting our clocks is ...

The clock going back for winter is far less disruptive than the spring shift, which has been linked to spikes in heart attacks and traffic accidents. Every year, as clocks go back in October, millions ...

(NEXSTAR) — The days seem to be getting shorter and the temperatures are falling, both clear signs that we’re barreling toward winter. Before we get there, however, most of the U.S. must undergo the ...

What do you do when you have to leave your desktop or workstation for some time? Have you set any screensaver on your PC? If not, you should consider using one! Today, in this post, I will be sharing ...

JavaFX isn't hard to learn. In fact, any developer with a little bit of object-oriented knowledge and a penchant for desktop development in Java can quickly put together a feature-rich GUI application ...

A wall clock typically falls into one of two categories. There are the practical and easy-to-read ones, the most quintessential example being the kind you’d find in a high-school classroom. Then, ...

JavaFX has undergone a remarkable transformation since its initial introduction, evolving from an experimental UI scripting framework to a mature, feature-packed platform for developing user ...

The Doomsday clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight on Tuesday morning, putting it the closest the world has ever been to what scientists deem "global catastrophe." The decades-old international ...

Santos is the chair of The Elders, former President of Colombia, and a Nobel Peace Laureate who led complex peace negotiations, ending over 50 years of intractable civil war. Holz is the chair of the ...

We say this word multiple times a day, but what does it really mean? Two linguists took the time to explain the fascinating origin of o'clock. Read on to learn what the o in o’clock stands for and how ...

To measure time, you need a constant rhythm. For eons, the regular movements of the sun and moon have set the pace for all of life on Earth. But over millennia, humans have sought and found more ...