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Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over – here’s why
If you think about leap years, it may seem like humans have a very odd way of measuring time. Sometimes, timekeepers even have to add extra seconds to clocks.
The Conversation
AI is changing pilgrims’ journeys, but sacred journeys have always adapted to new technology
From the printing press to smartphone apps, technology has continually transformed the experience of sacred journeys. A scholar of trails and walking explains the history.
The Conversation
Handling of rape allegations at Cornell shows why so many assaults go unreported – victims don’t trust the institutions that are supposed to help them
Only 7% of sexual assault victims reported contacting local police.
The Conversation
How Jim Bakker became the Johnny Carson of Christian TV
Bakker’s ‘PTL Club’ existed at the nexus of evangelical Christianity and American pop culture.
The Conversation
First Hurricane of the Atlantic season due to hit the Gulf coast
BBC News
First Hurricane of the Atlantic season due to hit the Gulf coast
BBC News
Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature
BBC News
Could Christa Pike face execution again and by what method?
BBC News
Could Christa Pike face execution again and by what method?
BBC News
Christa Pike now walking after US execution went wrong, lawyer tells BBC
BBC News
Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections
BBC News
Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections
BBC News
Trump wants a new Camp David-like retreat at his Florida golf club
BBC News
Trump wants a new Camp David retreat at his posh Florida golf club
BBC News
IceCube is built on decades of research into tiny ‘ghost particles’ – but it was the first to find neutrinos coming from deep space
IceCube looks for high energy neutrinos from space. It joins the ranks of complementary experiments that study neutrinos originating closer to home.
The Conversation
New York court hears arguments in ongoing 9/11 families' lawsuit against Saudi Arabia
BBC News
New York court hears arguments in ongoing 9/11 families' lawsuit against Saudi Arabia
BBC News
What independence could mean for oil-rich Alberta's economy
BBC News
How oil-rich Alberta's economy might fare if it broke away from Canada
BBC News
How oil-rich Alberta's economy might fare if it broke away from Canada
BBC News
'House of Horrors': California couple accused of abusing surrogate-born children
BBC News
'House of Horrors': California couple accused of abusing surrogate-born children
BBC News
Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after failed execution, lawyers say
BBC News
OpenAI says teen ChatGPT use limited but research finds it an 'unacceptable risk'
BBC News
OpenAI says teen ChatGPT use limited but research finds it an 'unacceptable risk'
BBC News
What happens next to Christa Pike?
BBC News
From brain dead to ‘shock’ recovery - what we know about Christa Pike
BBC News
Many drugs have mirror chemical structures, one helpful and the other harmful – a Nobel-winning discovery allows chemists to make either on demand
From thalidomide to resveratrol, molecules with the exact same chemical properties can have drastically different effects in the body depending on how they’re arranged in space.
The Conversation
Canada suspends plans to expand assisted dying to people with mental illness
BBC News
Western civilisation at risk of 'atrophy, servitude and decline', Rubio says
BBC News