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.
Alanna Mitchell
MODERN civilization, it is said, would be impossible without measurement. And measurement would be pointless if we weren’t all using the same units.
So, for nearly 150 years, the world’s metrologists have agreed on strict definitions for units of measurement through the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, known by its French acronym BIPM, and based outside Paris.
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