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End times? Relax, we have plenty of time left Muncie Star Press According to archaeologists, the nearly 3000-year-long Maya civilization in and around the Yucatán Peninsula was marked by advancements in arts, architecture, astronomy, math, time keeping and writing. The Maya calendar was established on a base 20 and ...

Lords o' Leaping What They Think (blog) That is, a “leap second” that periodically needs to be inserted into the calendar to keep the imprecise timekeeping of the Earth synchronized with the anal retentively precise timekeeping of scientists. The length of time that it takes the Earth to go ...

Voice of America (blog)

Looking at Leaping Voice of America (blog) But leap year is unconventional in the scientific worlds of calendar-making and timekeeping, in which precision is otherwise highly valued. In case you haven't peeked at February — the coming short month that most of my friends and family routinely ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Time may be running out for leap second Financial Times By Clive Cookson, Science Editor The world's timekeepers will decide on Thursday whether to break the age-old link between their official clocks and astronomical time based on Earth's rotation. If so, the many activities that depend on precise ... The Wrong Time for ThisScientific American (blog) Nations debate the merit of the exceedingly controversial leap secondKnovel all 497 news articles »

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