It's for this reason that the concept of leap years exists. While leap years can make the calendar a bit weird for a while, they're actually a vital tool for ensuring that time continues to flow ...

Earth’s slowing rotation will change the length of its days, agree our readers, who disagree on how soon this will affect our ...

Explaining 2025's holiday mashup as well as Thanksgivukkah and other calendar rarities. When will they come around again?

Thanksgiving is on its latest possible date in 2024. Here's what to know about the upcoming holiday and the next time it will ...

And what do the seasons have to do with it? We like our summers in July and our snow in December. Leap Year ensures it remains that way, explains Duke physics professor Ronen Plesser in this short ...

She was born on 29 February, an elusive day that appears once every four years in a leap year - so she's only had seven birthdays on her actual day in her lifetime. Julia Alsop Julia, aged 12 ...

Here are 29 things to know about this special day. 1 February 29 is known as a leap day, and it occurs every four years in what is known as a leap year. This extra day is needed to “play catch ...

February is here and romance is in the air - particularly with 2024 marking a leap year. Along with an opportunity to make use of the extra day, leap years have also long been associated with not just ...

We've used leap years for over 2,000 years so our calendars are more in sync with the Earth’s rotation around the Sun. What is a leap year? Generally we define a year as 365 days, but a full ...

Below I've tried to identify 21 players who I wouldn't consider household names who I believe are primed to make some sort of leap in 2024 based ... poised to have a big year in Manhattan as ...