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World’s timekeepers upend how they adjust time to avoid catastrophic ‘negative second’
NatureThursday, October 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03329-z Governments have voted to abolish the leap second immediately and replace it with a leap hour.
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- Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03329-z Governments have voted to abolish the leap second immediately and replace it with a leap hour.
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Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03329-z Governments have voted to abolish the leap second immediately and replace it with a leap hour.
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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.
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