What if you could build a clock that would last for 10,000 years? A clock that would tick only once a year, bong once a century, and cuckoo once a millennium? A clock that would be a symbol of ...

There is no documentation of an exact date of when Joseph Kyle Roumain placed a clock in front of his building at 343 Third St. in Baton Rouge, but it wasn't there when the building opened in 1913.

The story of the 10,000-year clock began in 1995, when computer scientist and inventor Danny Hillis published an essay in Wired magazine's issue titled "Wired Scenarios: The Future Future." In it, he ...