Did last Tuesday seem just a little bit longer to you? It was... by one (leap) second! The atomic clock people (scientists) needed to catch up with the rest of world time so they decided to add one second to our collection of world time to date. This may sound crazy since time works on a continuum, so we have and always will have enough time - until it's over! Some say this leap second had to do with catching up on timing deficiencies caused by the the Y2K computer scare. Others say ... [more]