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  "title": "Scientists vote to end leap seconds, redefining how the world keeps time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/scientists-vote-to-end-leap-seconds-redefining-how-the-world-keeps",
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  "published": "2026-10-15T13:40:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "A new system, called the “leap hour,” will allow the Earth’s rotation and official time to fall out of alignment by a full hour",
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