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18 years 8 months ago #20749 by Seanie_Morris
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You can get the tiniest of sleep-ins after your New Years party folks! :lol:

Get ready for a minute with 61 seconds. Scientists are delaying the start of 2006 by the first "leap second" in seven years, a timing tweak meant to make up for changes in the Earth's rotation.

The adjustment will be carried out by sticking an extra second into atomic clocks worldwide at the stroke of midnight Coordinated Universal Time, the widely adopted international standard, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology said this week.

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Radio Presenter (Midlands 103), Space Enthusiast, Astronomy Outreach Co-ordinator.
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18 years 8 months ago #20757 by dave_lillis
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watch out for the jetlag :lol:
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but what a way to go. :)
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