If a ticking clock is the heartbeat of a home, a little arrhythmia is not uncommon. Old clocks can be fussy, especially when moved from their longstanding positions or relocated to a different type of ...

A physical pendulum undergoes simple harmonic motion when displaced by a small angle. The oscillations are no longer simple harmonic motion when it is released from a large angle. The pendulum's pivot ...

Photographs of the clock mechanism in Big Ben, the face of the Houses of Parliament in London, show coins on a tray attached to the pendulum being used to tune the oscillation period. Since we all ...

Under the current administration, the pendulum in U.S. policy toward China has swung from attempting to cooperate with China on global problems to pushing back against Chinese assertiveness and ...

The November rate-setting meeting relayed a mixed message, confounding the outlook for interest rates. Fed will likely continue to be data-dependent as it focuses on its dual mandate of price ...