A clear breakdown of how Earth’s rotation shaped the 24-hour day, why this time system became universal, and the science that keeps our clocks aligned with the planet.

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Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a New Hampshire storage unit on ...

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Last December, Alberta rolled out its $29-million provincial border strategy in response to tariff threats from Donald Trump. But nearly one year later, Premier Danielle Smith says her government has ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a Biden-era rule that required a minimum number of healthcare staff in nursing homes. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Tuesday in a ...

New research suggests that for about a billion years, Earth’s rotation stayed stable at 19-hour days due to a balance between ...