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Oh my days! Midnight comes a fraction sooner as Earth spins faster
The Guardian   01 August 2022   World  
A single spin of the Earth marks out a day and drives the cycle of sunrise and sunset. Photograph: Janez Volmajer/Alamy
<p>If time feels tighter than ever of late, blame it on the revolution. On 29 June this year, Earth racked up an unusual record: its shortest day since the 1960s, when scientists began measuring the planet&rsquo;s rotation with high-precision atomic clocks.<br ...