Android alarms improved greatly when OEMs made customization easier, such as adding a unique tone or scheduling them out.

One overlooked culprit in the world’s obesity epidemic may be the alarm clock, according to Till Roenneberg, a professor at the University of Munich’s Institute of Medical Psychology.

The Soviets’ first manned docking attempt failed, but the second, Soyuz 4 and 5, in January 1969, succeeded. Dockings with the Salyut space station followed, as did U.S. dockings with Skylab.