It takes 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 45 seconds for Earth to orbit the sun. Cue Leap Years. Next week sees an extra day in the 2024 calendar—a leap day. You’ll remember the last leap year. It ...

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Leap year. It's a delight for the calendar and maths nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why? We break down the science, and history, behind this (not quite) every four year phenomenon that ...

Lafayette Parish is preparing for the upcoming LEAP testing next week, which many other students in Acadiana will begin soon. This time of year can be stressful for both students and parents, so ...

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2024 is upon us and with the new year comes new goals and checklists. If you were unable to achieve your goals in 2023, the good news is that you'll have an extra day in 2024 to catch up on those!

The practice of adding ‘leap seconds’ to official clocks to keep them in sync with Earth’s rotation will be put on hold from 2035, the world’s foremost metrology body has decided. The decision was ...