How do we know the time... precisely? The question is more complex than it first appears, says Richard Fisher. I'm looking at a warning sign inside a laboratory in London. "Do not touch the maser," it ...

Whenever I lose my watch, I take my sweet time to get a new one. I savor the freedom from my compulsion to carve my days into minute-size fragments. But my liberty has its limits. Even if I get rid of ...

Simply sign up to the Technology myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Ralph Kettell was the kind of eccentric only Oxford can produce. Born in Hertfordshire in 1563, he was 15 when he ...

I'm looking at a warning sign inside a laboratory in London. "Do not touch the maser," it reads. It's attached to a tall black box, on wheels, mounted in a steel protective case. Turns out it's a ...