2017: Wait Just a Second

If, like me, you're counting the seconds until you can kick 2016 out the door, I have a tiny bit of bad news: You'll have to count a little higher to do so. According to our clocks, 2016 will be exactly one second longer this year because scientists are adding a leap second to it. Leap seconds are added to the calendar pretty often, actually, on average a little less than one every year [Note: Leap seconds are wholly different than leap years, which come with their own set of mathematical funnes...