As a rule, Donald Saff doesn’t collect clocks he can’t see inside of. It’s the harmonic entanglement of gears—and the skill needed to craft them—that first lured him to horology, the study of ...

In the 17th century, Christiaan Huygens, inventor of the pendulum clock, noticed a curious phenomenon. When two identical pendulum clocks are mounted next to each other on a wall, their swings ...

Check out Dr. Bob Grober on YouTube. I heard the term “harmonic oscillator” a few years ago and was lost until I found out it was simply a pendulum. Understanding how a pendulum works and how we can ...

At the Houston Museum of Natural Science they recently made a disturbing discovery: their Foucault pendulum had stopped ...

That big grandfather clock in the library might be an impressive piece of mechanical ingenuity, and an even better example of fine cabinetry, but we’d expect that the accuracy of a pendulum timepiece ...

Nicholas Blackwell and his father went to a hardware store about three years ago seeking parts for a mystery device from the past. They carefully selected wood and other materials to assemble a ...

Jay-Z's Marcy Venture Partners has officially merged with the investment arm of Pendulum Holdings. Jay-Z’s Marcy Ventures has strengthened its Black buying power by merging with the investment arm of ...

After ten years of making music as Knife Party, the guys behind the project have returned to their drum & bass project Pendulum with two new tracks out today. By Katie Bain On Mar. 20, 2016, Rob Swire ...

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Rothman is managing editor at TIME. She was also the founding editor of TIME’s history section. We sometimes hear that time moves forward in one direction, like an arrow. History must too. Or perhaps ...