@nature: The leap second is a periodic adjustment to the world’s clocks that’s been done every few years since 1972…but an upcoming negative leap second could upend the world’s time-keeping. To decide whether to abolish the leap second altogether, the world’s time-keeping representatives are gathering at the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) on October 15th. Time will tell… - Written & Presented by Lizzie Gibney - Produced by @marenmicrobe - Stock Footage: Getty Images / ReflectFilms / Jan Homola / Cristina Bustiuc / sebastian coll / Peresmeh / keybal / Discovery Access / primeimages / sarawuth702 / Vitali Kasporski - Stock Music: Triple Scoop / Richard Ames - Supervising Producers: Shamini Bundell and Anne Marie Conlon #Science #nature #sciencenews #research #physics
Somebody gets paid to worry about these things and I’m here doing it for free.
2026-10-15 03:59:19
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Clippy :
If you have a clock you always know the time. If you have two clocks you can never be totally sure.
2026-10-14 17:26:29
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That Mitch :
They'll decide tomorrow? But when is tomorrow?
2026-10-14 18:27:02
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Willy Mitch :
a scheme made up by big clock to sell more accurate clocks
2026-10-14 19:13:41
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thebiggestphil :
as a software engineer, this sounds like hell
2026-10-14 18:34:32
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Nathan Parkes :
Google solved the leap second issue about a decade ago with the leap smear
2026-10-14 18:45:45
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@RAGHAV369 :
one second is a problem but one hour is not a problem ? what kind of thought process is that ?
2026-10-15 03:32:28
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Corpuscallosum :
In other words.... Procastinate and let the next management deal with it🤣🤣🤣🤣.
2026-10-15 03:38:02
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Eftyy :
Hopefully it happens while I’m at work so I get paid an extra second
2026-10-14 18:18:15
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Mattluis animaxion :
yeah in America for Americans
2026-10-15 03:10:33
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rbf :
how will this affect the tesco opening times?
2026-10-14 20:16:20
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Wannabe firefighter :
Hi, watch nerd here: let’s stick to what has been working, I love my watches and don’t want them to be obsolete or have to be constantly adjusted… we’re just fine in the way we have proven to work since the beginning of time measuring
2026-10-14 22:28:01
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Ami :
Did she say in thousands of years? Who else thinks humanity isn’t going to last a few hundreds years at best 🤣
2026-10-14 23:59:35
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illenybmf :
remember that time is relative
2026-10-14 18:53:01
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captain murrjrekes :
a leap hour sounds like an absolutely terrible idea, daylight savings is bad enough, they should just add a minute every 50-100 years
2026-10-14 18:50:21
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erbtui :
What they need to decide on is a unanimous vote against daylight saving time- once and for all.
2026-10-14 17:59:08
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jbuddddy :
Do I need to do anything or
2026-10-14 19:21:37
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ꫀꪜỉꫀ :
scientists just warned that we'll probably be eradicated in 2000 years. so no worries about dark at noon😅
2026-10-14 18:04:33
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Sue :
Is this going to add me more time over the weekend? No?🤦🏾♀️
2026-10-14 17:46:38
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GojosMyBoo :
remove day light savings!!!!!!! first
2026-10-14 18:03:40
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Johno :
Don’t need a clock. I get up with the sun, eat when I’m hungry, go to bed when I’m tired.
2026-10-14 21:20:16
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Diane :
I just want them to stop with changing the time twice a year and they can’t do that
2026-10-14 18:37:13
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Deny Light :
just use 13month and 28 days per month and that's it
2026-10-14 20:28:01
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Furio :
Don’t worry I won’t let any of this happen.
2026-10-14 18:29:12
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ninainmarketing :
Please let me retire first. As a millennial, we can’t take another change that allows corporate to ride us harder than they already do.
2026-10-14 17:57:44
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