It’s Official: The Leap Second Will Be Retired (a Decade from Now)

BY ALANNA MITCHELL Science Time, Weights and Measures, Space and Astronomy, Physics, Navigation, Telephones and Telecommunications, Global Positioning System, your-feed-science On Friday, an international vote was taken to ditch the leap second, a technical fudge that has caused headaches since its inception 50 years ago. https://ift.tt/yGZDhlA