Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 17:27
The last minute of June 30, 2012 is destined to be 61 seconds long, as timekeepers will add a “leap second” to compensate for the wibbly-wobbly movements of our world.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 14:24
Deploying autonomous, self-replicating robots - exobots – may help in finding and identifying extraterrestrial life, according to a new study.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 18:35
Alien planets would likely have a leap year too similar to the 366-day year that comes in every four years in our calender, scientists say.
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 19:36
This leap year could see a few more couples walking down the aisles.
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 17:11
Around 44 per cent of men admit they would say yes if their girlfriend proposed to them for marriage this leap year, according to a survey.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 11:15
An international body has decided to postpone adding an extra second - called the ‘leap’ second.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 22:04
Without the leap second, hi-tech clocks would race ahead of solar time, leading to an error of 15 s every 100 years.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 18, 2010, 13:18
`Na Ana Is Des... Laado` is taking a leap of 18 years.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 15:19
A group of protesting asylum-seekers today threatened to leap from the roof of a Sydney detention centre where a Fijian man plunged to his death a day earlier, an activist told agency.
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