Google claimed Wednesday it has managed to cut calculation time to 200 seconds from what it says would take a traditional computer 10,000 years to complete. Working with physicists at the University ...

Quantum computers promise significantly shorter computing times for complex problems. But there are still only a few quantum computers worldwide with a limited number of so-called qubits. However, ...

Some years after his theory of relativity changed our fundamental understanding of the concept of time, Einstein wrote that “there is no audible tick-tock everywhere in the world that can be ...

Before Tara Selter, the protagonist of “On the Calculation of Volume,” a series by the Danish author Solvej Balle, gets trapped in a time loop, she is one half of a unit called T. & T. Selter. It’s a ...

Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume” rethinks the familiar story of the endlessly repeating day. By Hilary Leichter Hilary Leichter is the author of the novels “Temporary” and “Terrace Story.

The new year brings to the forefront the awareness of time–your most precious asset–as it marks the passing of another year. This refreshed awareness can inspire you to evaluate how you’ll spend your ...

The rate calculation has not changed much over the years. I remember the days when we estimated the cost of gasoline for the pony engine to the penny and used the crazy assumption that “repairs, ...