{
  "id": 14239976,
  "title": "Leap Seconds Have Helped Keep Clocks Synchronized with Earth’s Rotation, But Their Time May Be Over",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/leap-seconds-have-helped-keep-clocks-synchronized-with-earths",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-13T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nautilus",
    "slug": "nautilus",
    "url": "https://nautil.us/leap-seconds-have-helped-keep-clocks-synchronized-with-earths-rotation-but-their-time-may-be-over-1285748/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Humans haven’t always counted time down to the second The post Leap Seconds Have Helped Keep Clocks Synchronized with Earth’s Rotation, But Their Time May Be Over appeared first on Nautilus .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}