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The Ancient Origins of Clockwise Motion: A Journey Through Timekeeping History
2 months ago

The Ancient Origins of Clockwise Motion: A Journey Through Timekeeping History

India Today  

The article explores the historical origins of why clocks always move in a clockwise direction. It explains that the clockwise movement of time is rooted in the historical development of sundials, which operated by casting a shadow with a gnomon onto a flat surface. The article highlights that the earliest mechanical clocks were designed to mimic the familiar motion of …

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6 handy nature apps to enhance your hikes
2 months, 4 weeks ago

6 handy nature apps to enhance your hikes

LA Times  

Community scientists capture photos of a coast horned lizard, a California species of special concern near Santa Clarita. Questions like that led me to PeakFinder, an augmented reality app that uses your phone’s camera and your location to identify the peaks around you. SkyView For iPhone, for Android SkyView is another augmented reality app, similar to PeakFinder, that will overlay …

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The ancient Roman alternative to daylight saving time
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The ancient Roman alternative to daylight saving time

BBC  

The ancient Roman alternative to daylight saving time Alamy In ancient Rome, an hour was not a consistent unit of time. Alessandro Launaro The sundial discovered at Interamna Lirenas divides up the available daylight into hours that vary in length with the seasons Reading time, the ancient Roman way Launaro's sundial, which was discovered at the site of the ancient …

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Noname’s evolution into a hip hop revolutionary
1 year, 3 months ago

Noname’s evolution into a hip hop revolutionary

Live Mint  

In 2016, Fatimah Nyeema Warner—the rapper better known as Noname—dropped her debut mixtape, Telefone, to critical acclaim. Noname’s free-wheeling verses—delivered in a silky smooth flow that owes as much to her past as a slam poet as to hip hop convention—tackled subjects as diverse as America’s broken politics, personal struggles with addiction, and erotic Caribbean fantasies. “The same gun that …

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Column: The sad fate of East L.A.’s forgotten Walk of Fame
3 years, 8 months ago

Column: The sad fate of East L.A.’s forgotten Walk of Fame

LA Times  

A pedestrian walks by the sundial plaque honoring labor activist Cesar Chavez on the Latino Walk of Fame on Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles. “My question back to you is, ‘Why do you think we don’t have more?’ Because I want you to get the impression from me that, God, I would love to put one every month.” What …

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