Why is this year getting even longer?!?

The earth's rotation is slowing down, and as a result an international consortium of timekeepers has agreed to add one additional second onto 2008. We have had other "leap seconds" added on before, though. Want to learn more? You can check out the news article here:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5izD8PRiWobWj6M2E0xDOW1TbSuMQD94UOUE00

Thanks to Gage DeMasters for picking up on the story!

RVI