I suspect very few people think about how long a day is, and of that number, fewer still wonder if the length of a day changes much, or what sort of things affect the length of the day.
News
Precise clocks…
I was looking for articles about really accurate clocks (OK, I’m using ‘accurate’ colloquially) and came across this one from late 2007, about “How Super-Precise Atomic Clocks Will Change the World in a Decade” and I was just intrigued by some of the things I saw in there.
When did that Facebook update happen?
Raymond Veloz had exited his vehicle after getting into a minor accident with another motorist around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. He was standing near the other driver’s vehicle exchanging information when he was struck by Araceli Beas, as reported by CBS News. Raymond Veloz’s daughter filed a wrongful death suit claiming that… Read More
