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World Clock - The Stolen Second: How Earth's Wobbly Spin Breaks Perfect Time

World Clock - The Stolen Second: How Earth's Wobbly Spin Breaks Perfect Time

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 Host Celeste Skye explores leap seconds—27 moments added to atomic clocks since 1972 as Earth's rotation slows relative to caesium atoms. When Earth unexpectedly sped up in 2020, timekeepers considered removing a second instead. A fascinating clash between astronomy and atomic precision that disrupts computer systems worldwide.

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