Roman numerals are, by modern standards, a bit unusual. By virtue of using designations for both 5 and 10, and not scaling well to higher numbers, they’ve fallen out of favor outside of some specific ...

Why do some analog clocks with Roman numerals have '4' as 'IV,' while others have 'IIII'? This is one of those questions where no one seems to have a definitive answer, and probably no one ever will.

In a sunlit room in Anchorage on a recent afternoon, high school students from all over the state were painting, gluing and covering wood with resin. Round handmade clocks dotted the table, each ...