Clocks don’t lie, yet Earth has started to shave off slivers of time. Since 2020, days have shortened by barely a heartbeat, a measurable change that raises precise questions about what’s driving the spin. An astrophysicist has now flagged the next likely record within weeks, turning attention to timing systems, lunar pulls, and subtle geophysics. … Continue reading Goodbye to 24-hour days—an astrophysicist warns that the Earth’s rotation is accelerating and we could face the shortest day in history in a matter of weeks