Leap Seconds Were a Headache. Now Timekeepers Are Considering a Leap Hour
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"Leap Seconds Were a Headache. Now Timekeepers Are Considering a Leap Hour" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 6 articles from 6 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include GIGAZINE, Tech Times, Yahoo and Root-Nation.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (6)
- No leap seconds will be inserted at the end of December 2026, marking 10 years since the last leap second. GIGAZINE · 2d ago
- Earth Rotation Records Spur October Vote to Avert Negative Leap Second Tech Times · 2d ago
- International timekeepers to vote on changing the leap second to a leap hour Yahoo · 2d ago
- Experts are preparing a major reform of time Root-Nation.com · 2d ago
- Exclusive: International timekeepers to vote on changing the leap second to a leap hour Scientific American · 2d ago
- Leap Seconds Were a Headache. Now Timekeepers Are Considering a Leap Hour Gizmodo · 2d ago
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