'Leap Second' Tonight Will Cause 61-Second Minute

Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 07:20 in Physics & Chemistry

Time will stand still for one second this evening (June 30) as a "leap second" is added to atomic clocks around the world. The extra second is needed to deal with Earth's irregular but gradually slowing rotation.

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