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Earth is moving faster, and clocks may need to keep up

Earth is moving faster, and clocks may need to keep up

Update: 2024-03-291
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Barak Ravid from Axios and Yasmeen Abutaleb from the Washington Post join us to talk about U.S.-Israel relations and an impending delegation visit. And, Here & Now's Scott Tong reports on the future of Washington D.C.'s beloved cherry blossom tree, Stumpy. Then, Duncan Agnew joins us to talk about a recent study he authored that found we might have to subtract a second from our clocks to account for a faster-spinning earth.

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Earth is moving faster, and clocks may need to keep up

Earth is moving faster, and clocks may need to keep up