How tall is time? Well, it's all relative Great Moments In Science

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Atomic clocks are the most precise time-keepers we have.

But that doesn't mean they can escape the timey wimey effects of gravity. 

In this episode of Great Moments in Science, Dr Karl explains how this enables super-accurate clocks to not just measure time, but height as well.  

  • Copyright 2024, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All right reserved.

Atomic clocks are the most precise time-keepers we have.

But that doesn't mean they can escape the timey wimey effects of gravity. 

In this episode of Great Moments in Science, Dr Karl explains how this enables super-accurate clocks to not just measure time, but height as well.  

  • Copyright 2024, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All right reserved.

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