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April 22nd 06, 02:04 PM
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To Leap or Not to Leap: Scientists debate a timely issue
[Science & Society]
To Leap or Not to Leap: Scientists debate a timely issue Scientists are debating whether to continue the practice of occasionally inserting leap seconds in order to keep official, atomic-based time in sync with time based on Earth's rotation. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060422/bob8.asp 
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