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There's no proof daylight saving time saves electricity, so why do we even bother?
If you're looking for someone to blame for daylight saving time, allow us to suggest the Germans. After all it was Germany which, in April, 1916, first started moving clocks forward by an hour, to conserve energy during World War I. The rest of Europe ...
How The Wall Came Tumbling Down: Made In Germany
Aside from cuckoo clocks, the Black Forest was at one time home to the largest watch factory in the world. In its heyday around 1903, Junghans – founded in 1861 and now most famous for bringing solar technology to the wrist – employed 3,000 people....
Clock repairman shares ticks of the trade
"They don't make the clocks, they assemble the clocks," he said. "They're all made in Germany." Some of Fishman's other clocks include an anniversary clock, which only has to be wound once a year, and a rare cuckoo clock with a deer mounted on it....
Say hello to the cuckoo
Cuckoo clocks are one of the most iconic and traditional memories one can buy on a trip to Germany and bring home to brighten your home with. A cuckoo clock is a speciality of the Black Forest region of Germany but if you ask around you will be able to ...
How to Make a Clock Run for 10000 Years
The clock, with massive metal gears, a huge stone weight, and a precise, titanium escapement inside a protective quartz box, will go deep into the shaft. A few years from now, the makers will set it in motion 'The century hand advances once every ...
3 Billion-Year-Old Sulfur-Eating Microbes May Be the Oldest Fossils Ever Found
What's the News: Geologists have found fossils of microorganisms from 3.4 billion years ago, which may be the oldest fossils ever uncovered. Since these microbes date from a time when Earth's atmosphere was still oxygen-free, astrobiologists could look ...
How to Turn a Frog Egg Into a Robot's Artificial Nose
That's because e-noses use quartz rods designed to vibrate at a different frequency when they bind to a target substance. But this is not a foolproof system, as subtly different substances with similar molecular weights may bind to the rod, producing a ...
