In 1858, Italian mathematician Quirico Filopanti outlined the world’s first 24-zone time system—decades before Greenwich set ...

Introduction: one line to rule the world -- Geographical confusion -- Absurd vanity : the world's prime meridians before c.1790 -- Declarations of independence: prime meridians in America, c.1784-1884 ...

Science says it doesn’t contribute to energy savings, but it disrupts our biological rhythms twice a year,’ says Pedro ...

The elusive coordinates 0,0 are a mystery to many. It was not easy for the authorities to determine these coordinates, as many countries were contesting for it, according to IFLScience. For a long ...

That's a lot of standard candles. June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian that is considered by many to be the birthplace of ...