Over the course of centuries, a calendar with no leap years would eventually become totally out of sync with the seasons as we know them. Let’s see what would happen. Leap years exist because we need ...

When I was a little kid I had a friend who was born on February 29, the “leap day” we add to that month every four years. I remember we used to tease him by saying that he was only three years old. I ...

This article is a modified and updated version of one I wrote in—oddly enough—2008 and then updated for 2012. Barring a colossal asteroid impact or a Trump presidency, I’ll probably be around to do it ...

A: A tropical year is the time (365.242199 days) the earth takes to revolve around the sun once. By having just 365 days in a calendar year, 0.242199 days are lost each year. To correct this error, ...

"American society today is hardly recognizable from what it was a century ago. Integrated schools, an information economy, and independently successful women are but a few of the remarkable changes ...

KOCHI : The reduced divisible tax pool and low tax devolution, which disregards the recommendations of the Finance Commission (FC) is a matter of concern for fiscal federalism, says a new report by ...