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Scientists say climate change is quietly stretching your day (and it’s speeding up): Here’s what you need to know

Scientists say climate change is subtly lengthening the day as melting ice shifts Earth’s mass and slightly slows its ...
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Earth’s rotation is speeding up — here’s what it means for timekeeping

Find out what’s speeding up Earth’s rotation and why it may force timekeepers to delete a second ...

Earth’s rotation is changing at a speed not seen in 3.6 million years

"The current rapid rise in day length can thus be attributed primarily to human influences," said professor Benedikt Soja.

Clearest evidence yet that giant planets spin faster than their cosmic lookalikes

For decades, astronomers have struggled to differentiate giant planets from brown dwarfs, a class of objects more massive ...

This Spinning Device Could Turn Ocean Waves Into Endless Clean Energy

The GWEC produces electricity using a spinning flywheel housed within a floating structure. As the platform moves with the ...

Challenging a 300-year-old law of friction

Researchers at the University of Konstanz have uncovered a new mechanism of sliding friction: resistance to motion that ...