Jeff Bezos spent $42 million building a 10,000-year cuckoo clock that ticks once a year — calls it a ‘symbol for long-term thinking’

Most people struggle to plan next year’s vacation. Amazon an d Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos helped build a clock designed to outlive entire civilizations. During an appearance on the "Lex Fridman ...
HELLO! Magazine

Reese Witherspoon turns back the clock in Legally Blonde-inspired pink dress

Reese Witherspoon had fans doing a double take this week after stepping out in a vibrant pink dress that instantly evoked memories of her beloved Legally Blonde character, Elle Woods. The Morning Show ...
Chicago Tribune

Chicago’s public clocks are the physical heartbeat of the city

One reality of modern life is that people walking down a sidewalk tend to have their attention focused downward at their phones. Our lives exist inside those phones. But should they? Public clocks are ...
Phys.org

Nuclear clocks tick for the first time

Two independent research teams have achieved a longstanding goal in physics: building a working nuclear clock. The devices, developed by Beichen Huang and colleagues at Tsinghua University and by Luca ...
Mental Floss

What Does "Clock It" Mean? The Slang Phrase and Hand Gesture Explained

All it takes is one scroll through X or TikTok, or a conversation with a group of Gen Z friends spilling the tea, to hear the phrase "clock it!" At first, it sounds like someone is asking you for the ...
Game Rant

All Cuckoo Clock Passageways in The Sims 4

Ashely Claudino is an Evergreen Staff Writer from Portugal. She has a Translation degree from the University of Lisbon (2020, Faculty of Arts and Humanities). She has been writing for Game Rant since ...
Condé Nast Traveler

A New Side of the Black Forest—From Designer Cuckoo Clocks to Revitalized Bathhouses

When the Romans pushed over the Alps 2,000 years ago into the forested mountain range running through Germany's southwestern tip, they named it the silva nigra—black forest—after its moody glades of ...
USA Today

Michael Douglas recalls 'rough' task of recasting his dad Kirk Douglas

Michael Douglas is looking back on one of the most iconic films of his producing career − and the awkward situation it created with his father. The Oscar-winning "Wall Street" star, 81, chatted with ...
OPB

Oregonians look back at ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ 50 years later

The Salem-filmed classic premiered in the U.S. on Nov. 19, 1975. To mark its anniversary, three Oregonians revisit its history and impact. Eugene filmmaker Katherine Wilson poses in front of an Oregon ...
People

See 6 Rare Photos of Jack Nicholson on Set for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 'People Complain They See Too Much Nicholson' (Exclusive)

"In 'Cuckoo's Nest,' I've developed a new technique. I pull my hat over my eyes ... and disappear within the very movie!" Nicholson said to PEOPLE ahead of the film's Nov. 19, 1975 premiere Brendan Le ...
Decider

THE CRYSTAL CUCKOO : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

The Crystal Cuckoo, a new Netflix thriller from Spain, is one of the many entries in the “small town with secrets” genre, but the way the show’s main character enters this small town is certainly done ...