Moment of science: The prime meridian

It's where geographers "draw the line". Dan Smith has the story of where and how we settled on the Prime Meridian. 🌐 ...
Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The story of longitude has some real latitude

Have you ever heard of John Harrison? Harrison saw a problem and had a driving vision on how to correct it. In the late 1600s, more than 200 years after Columbus reached the New World, there were many ...
Inverse

Longitude on Time: How John Harrison Defeated Dumb Science to Save Sailors

Following the Scilly naval disaster of 1707, which lost four British Navy ships and almost 2000 sailors at sea, Parliament decided sailors needed a better navigational tool. The British government ...
The Independent

John Harrison's 'longitude' clock sets new record - 300 years on

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...