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Conductive mineral could change day length

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The electrical properties of a new-found mineral could help to explain our planet's wiggle.

If a day seems to go by faster now than it did when you were younger, it might not just be your imagination. The speed of the Earth’s rotation is known to fluctuate slightly over decades. Now researchers have found a piece of the puzzle to explain this drift: a highly conductive mineral that could change the way the Earth spins.

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  1. Ohta, K., et al. Science. 320, 89-91. ([year]2008[/year]).

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Courtland, R. Conductive mineral could change day length. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.717

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