Breezy Explainer: What is a leap second? Why are we scrapping it? \
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Breezy Explainer: What is a leap second? Why are we scrapping it?

23-Nov-2022
In order to maintain official clocks in sync with Earth’s rotation, the top metrology organization in the world has decided to stop adding “leap seconds” beginning in 2035. According to a story in Nature, the choice was made during a gathering of international representatives at the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) on Friday […]
23-Nov-2022 Science
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