Sense Of Time
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Technology was supposed to help make free time – but why is life is busier than ever?
It seems that quiet moments of people watching, imagining and daydreaming are now filled with tech-based tasks.
Ruth Ogden, The Conversation , Joanna Witowska, The Conversation & Vanda Černohorská, The Conversation
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What threats do leap seconds pose to the 21st-century digital world?
Leap seconds keep clocks in sync with Earth’s rotation, but they badly break key assumptions used in software to represent time.
Darryl Veitch, The Conversation
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AD 2021: How Jesus Christ’s birth became a reference point for marking eras
Anno Domini’s ubiquity has almost silenced other ways of thinking about time.
Miriamne Ara Krummel, The Conversation
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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Did you feel time slowing down during the pandemic? An idea from philosophy may explain why
Henri Bergson argued that time has two faces – the time of watches and the time of our inner subjective experience.
Matyáš Moravec, The Conversation
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Video: Why does India, a country almost 3000 km wide, have only one timezone?
Under Indian Standard Time, many North-east states are forced to waste precious hours of daylight, driving up electricity costs.
Ramakrishnan M
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Can the ‘clock of the south’ make time run backwards?
Novelist Amit Chaudhuri asks a question about the direction of time.
Amit Chaudhuri
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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How the 24-hour society is stealing time from the night
Is it time to rethink our use of time?
Leon Kreitzman
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How did it get so late so soon? Why time flies as we get older
While few will dispute that a minute comprises 60 seconds, the perception of time can vary dramatically from person to person and from one situation to the next. Time can race, or it can drag.
Muireann Irish and Claire O\'Callaghan, The Conversation