A team of researchers from the UCLA School of Engineering has developed an optical clock that can measure time intervals with a precision to 270 quintillionths of a second (2.7×10-16s). Not only is this one of the most precise timepieces ever built, it is also very small. The clock is just 1 cubic centimeter in…
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Leap Day: Fixing The Faults In Our Stars
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The number 2016 divided by 4 equals 504, exactly with no remainder, which makes the year 2016, like the upcoming years 2020, 2024 and 2028 (and beyond), a leap year. We will get an extra day, February 29. This pattern will repeat until 2100, when the cycle breaks. Though 2100 is exactly divisible by 4,…
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Time Magazine Names The Ebola Fighters 2014’s ‘Person Of The Year’
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European Commission The doctors and health staff who treated Ebola patients have been named Time magazine’s 2014 Person of the Year. According to the Huffington Post, Time managing editor Nancy Gibbs announced the winner on NBC’s “Today” Wednesday morning. She told Matt Lauer, These men and women did the hard and dangerous work in treating…