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Donald Trump is Time magazine’s Person of the Year

The club includes the last three two-term presidents: Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama

Flowing water from a melting iceberg in Scoresby Fjord, Greenland, August 12, 2023. Since 1990, melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica has slowed down the Earth’s rotation, a study found. This has delayed the need for a negative leap second until at least 2029.

Climate change is messing with how we measure time: study

STRUGGLE to wrap your head around daylight savings? Spare a thought for the world’s timekeepers, who are trying to work out how climate change is affecting Earth’s rotation - and in turn, how we keep ...

The fundamental reason for Leap Day is to keep the seasons and the calendar linked together.
LIFE & CULTURE

Why leap day is really about party planning

A time researcher explains how Feb 29 was invented to keep the major holidays from colliding

President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to stay in Kyiv and rally Ukraine through the ongoing war is "fateful", says Time magazine's editor-in-chief.

Time magazine names Ukraine's Zelensky 'Person of the Year'

TIME magazine named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as its 2022 “Person of the Year” on Wednesday (Dec 7), along with the “spirit of Ukraine” for the resistance the country has shown in the fac...

Once, humans told time by looking at the heavens. But since 1967, metrologists have defined time instead by measuring atomic activity  — clocking, as it were, the eternal heartbeat of the universe.
THE BROAD VIEW

Get ready for the new, improved second

Scientists are preparing to redefine the fundamental unit of time. It won’t get any longer or shorter, but it will be more precise — and a whole lot more powerful.

Investment advice I wish I knew when I was 25 years old

Investment advice I wish I knew when I was 25 years old

TIME is an investor's best friend. The variable that has the biggest impact on an investor's long-term return is the time invested. The longer the time, the more compounding of returns.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time magazine's 2019 person of the year

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time magazine's 2019 person of the year

[NEW YORK] Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who became the voice of conscience for a generation facing the climate change emergency, was announced Wednesday as Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Y...

ION Orchard invites you to reflect on your special times

ION Orchard invites you to reflect on your special times

IN A fast-paced city like Singapore, ION Orchard is encouraging shoppers to take a moment and ponder the significance of time.

Meredith looks to sell Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated; to cut 1,200 jobs

Meredith looks to sell Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated; to cut 1,200 jobs

US media company Meredith Corp said on Wednesday it cut about 200 jobs and would lay off another 1,000 as it streamlines its operations following the completion of its Time Inc acquisition.

At Time Inc, a jittery reckoning on day after its sale to Meredith

At Time Inc, a jittery reckoning on day after its sale to Meredith

A sense of loss is afflicting a firm that had once defined modern magazines although it is not yet clear what would happen under its new minders