Ending Leap Seconds: Could Time Go Negative?
A bold proposal to end leap seconds could let UTC diverge from Earth’s rotation for hours, reducing long-term risk to infrastructure while introducing new timing challenges.
WeCanReason Speakers’ Weekly Update
Catch up with what our speakers did last week
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BepiColombo nears Mercury: ESA-JAXA mission reaches final phase
BepiColombo nears Mercury after a decade of journey, with final orbital insertion and science ready to begin.
See what leaders in science, secularism, critical thinking, and skepticism did last week
Here’s a little of what secularists, skeptics, atheists, and scientists did last week
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Are Stronger El Niños Linked to Climate Change?
A 1,000-year record preserved in Galápagos corals suggests strong El Niño events have become more frequent as the planet has warmed. The findings add to evidence that climate change may be altering one of Earth’s major climate patterns.
Cyborg Roaches: Rescue Tech or Sci-Fi Dream?
Cyborg cockroaches could steer, immobilize, and deliver life-saving drugs in disaster zones, offering a potential leap in rescue medicine.
WeCanReason Webinar – Making America Hurt Again? The dark rise of medical disinformation with David Robert Grimes
How did medical misinformation go from the margins to the mainstream—and what does it mean for our health?
Join us in the exploration of why we fall for medical myths, how social media fuels misinformation, and how public health reached this troubling point.
Small-scale gravity, big implications
Detecting gravity at the quantum level moves from theory to testable experiments, reshaping our view of spacetime and the universe.
Roman Telescope launches: Big sky survey begins
Roman telescope launches, opening new horizons in exoplanet imaging and cosmic mapping, as part of NASA’s open-data, multi-telescope network.