AvatarElizabeth WirtClocks to read 11:59:60 tonight as time lords add leap secondThe TelegraphAirlines, trading floors and technology companies are braced for chaos today as world timekeepers prepare to add a leap second to global clocks. Immediately before midnight dials will read 11:59:60 as clocks hold their breath for a second to allow the Earth’s rotation to catch up with atomic …
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AvatarElizabeth WirtThe Science of Near-Death Experiencesverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Gideon LichfieldEmpirically investigating brushes with the afterlife Near-death experiences have gotten a lot of attention lately. The 2014 movie Heaven Is for Real, about a young boy who told his parents he had visited heaven while he was having emergency surgery, grossed a respectable $91 million in the United …
