Knowledge Handler

Information Sources & Information Sifting Techniques

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Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.

Thursday, December 19, 2024

How the Brain Creates a Timeline

Jordana Cepelewicz

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Friday, September 27, 2024

Aging and Timesense

Ephrat Livni suggests why time passes faster as one ages .

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Monday, July 17, 2023

The Nature of Time

NASA reviews what is known about time and time travel .

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Friday, May 21, 2021

Time

George Musser interviews Tim Maudlin about his theory of time .

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Sunday, March 15, 2020

The Magnificence of Time's Passage

Marcia Bjornerud provides the reader with an appreciation of geologic eons and the concept of time's passage.

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Monday, September 24, 2018

Pendulum Clocks and Gravity

Ethan Siegel tells why the first pendulum clock transported to America did not keep accurate time. Earth's gravitational constant is an average which actually changes slightly with latitude!

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Saturday, December 12, 2015

Computer Clock

Simson Garfinkel wrote an article on the "Security Implications of the Humble Computer Clock " in 2009, but his advice is still relevant. I have found that errant clock settings have prevented users from accessing apps such as e-mail. Checking the accuracy of a computer's internal clock should be an early step in a intractible networking problem.

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