Experts have voted to stop adding extra seconds to clock time – the outcome favours big tech

As the clock ticked to the next second, she struck the cymbals together. This simple performance, titled 61/60, sought to ...
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Chinese scientists create clock so precise it could redefine second

Chinese scientists have engineered a clock so accurate it could lead to a redefinition of the second and an ultraprecise global time standard. The new optical clock is so accurate that it loses or ...

Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over – here’s why

You’re probably used to the month of February having an extra day every four years, during the leap year. Timekeepers added ...
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Optical atomic clocks poised to redefine how the world measures seconds

Time is almost up on the way we track each second of the day, with optical atomic clocks set to redefine the way the world measures one second in the near future. Researchers from Adelaide University ...