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Counting Time
How long is a school year?
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Andrew Smith
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A Question of Time
The funny thing about time is that it seems to pass.
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Andrew Smith
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Deep Time
When we humans experience time, we tend to see things in terms of the common units we use to measure time: seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months…
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Andrew Smith
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When a Day Is Longer Than a Year
Ever have one of those days where seconds seem like hours?
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Andrew Smith
11
Fortnight
“Fortnight” is such an interesting word.
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Andrew Smith
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The Oldest Thing
Jeanne Calment told a story about meeting Vincent van Gogh when she was 13.
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Andrew Smith
38
Time Travel Paradoxes
Sci-Friday is becoming a fixture here.
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Andrew Smith
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Personalizing the Passage of Time
For years when I would try to go to sleep, I would entertain myself with little thought experiments. Sometimes I still play this game.
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Andrew Smith
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