You're Getting an Extra Second Today, Don't Waste It

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Neil deGrasse Tyson, friendly astrophysicist extraordinaire, has informed us via Facebook that the minute of 4:59 p.m. Pacific Time will have 61 seconds in it.Why is this happening!? He explains:Today marks the 26th time a Leap Second will be added to the calendar. In the second half of the 20th century, we started tracking time via atomic clocks, which happen to be more accurate and precise than the rotating Earth itself — our techn