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Earth is no longer accelerating its rotation and is slowing down. Officials say that we may need to add a 'negative leap second'.

Space scientists claimed that Earth's rotation is actually slowing down. Should Earthlings worry about it?

I was initially excited when our provincial government proposed to do away with the biannual clock changes. However, I was disappointed to see that the proposal was to move to permanent Daylight Saving Time (DST).

Kaushik Patowary Jul 8, 2021 0 comments Some years seem longer than others, especially when you are passing through a bad phase in life such as being stuck at home because a pandemic is playing havoc around, but officially the longest year on record was 1972. It was longer than the average year by a whole two seconds. The two extra seconds were leap seconds added on June 30 and again on December 31 the same year. Photo: What are leap seconds? From time to time, leap seconds are added to clocks on Earth to accurately reflect the observed solar time. This is due to the fact that the Earth’s ...

Mixed doubles curling comes home to Scotland Team Switzerland © WCF / Richard Gray Home / News / Mixed doubles curling comes home to Scotland International curling comes home to its birth nation when the World Curling Federation stages the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2021 in Curl Aberdeen, Scotland, next week. Due to take place between 17–23 May, this championship sees teams representing 20 international Member Associations, and is the fourth event to be staged by the World Curling Federation in a 2020–2021 season truncated by pandemic challenges. Previously, the BKT Tires &...