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It's time to leave the leap second in the past
Engineering at Meta
The leap second concept was first introduced in 1972 by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) in an attempt...
22 months ago
A Giant Leap for the Leap Second. Is Humankind Ready?
The New York Times
A top scientist has proposed a new way to reconcile the two different ways that our clocks keep time. Meet — wait for it — the leap minute.
6 months ago
A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks
AP News
For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet...
2 months ago
Negative leap second: Climate change delays unusual step for time standard
NPR
We're nearing a year when a negative leap second could be needed to shave time — an unprecedented step that would have unpredictable effects...
1 month ago
7 things to know about tonight's leap second
PBS
Like Taco Tuesdays? Well, thanks to a leap second, this one just got a little longer. Right before the clock strikes midnight tonight...
106 months ago
The Leap Second's Time Is Up: World Votes to Stop Pausing Clocks
Scientific American
How, and whether, to keep atomic time in sync with Earth's rotation is still up for debate.
18 months ago
Benchmarks: June 30, 1972: Timekeepers add first "leap second" to clocks
EARTH Magazine
by Brian Fisher Johnson Tuesday, October 27, 2015. By the early 1960s, astronomers were calculating time based on Earth's orbit around the...
622 months ago
What's a leap second—and why is it going away for good?
National Geographic
Every couple of years, an additional second is inserted into earth's official time—but scientists have decided it's too much of a headache...
3 months ago
How the heck do you even add a leap second to the year?
Popular Science
There will be an extra second in 2016, and people are not happy about it. Neither is your computer. This year's (or next year's, if you're...
88 months ago
Time Is Up for the Leap Second
HowStuffWorks
The decision made at the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures will scrap leap seconds for good by 2035.
14 months ago