Sitting in the saloon of a large yacht, an elaborately built, modern marine chronometer like the sculptural Atlantis Orbis by German clockmaker Erwin Sattler perfectly complements the maritime setting ...
Most animals have a circadian clock that helps them distinguish night and day, but now researchers have found coastal animals seem to be equipped with a separate clock to track time via the tides. The ...
Animals living in marine environments keep to their schedules with the aid of multiple independent -- and, in at least some cases, interacting -- internal clocks. The findings, suggest that multiple ...
Bremont’s hand-painted B1 Marine clock, a design created by The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, is currently available for viewing at Vascas, the Naxxar jeweller. Mr Wood teamed up with the ...
From fungi to farm animals to humans, organisms across a broad spectrum experience daily cycles controlled by a circadian clock. This internal clock tells us when to sleep or rest, and when it's time ...
Since the earliest ships were built, seafarers have tried to find more accurate ways to find their position in the water. In a coming book, “Ships, Clocks and Stars: The Quest for Longitude” (Harper ...