EARTH — The planet’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. For the first time in history, world ...

WASHINGTON — Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. For the first time in history, world ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In recent years, the Earth’s rotation has been speeding up due to dynamics in the planet’s liquid outer ...

Climate change has been blamed for many dramatic effects on our planet and our lives. Now it may even affect the measurement of time. You've probably heard of "leap seconds" — the sliver of time ...

The costly effects of climate change may dent more than our wallets by the 2030s. Researchers found that Earth’s rotation is speeding up ever so slightly due to melting ice caps, which could force ...

What can happen in a second? Apparently a lot. The world is cautiously preparing for something taking place Tuesday called a "leap second." Even though it'll happen in the blink of an eye, there are ...