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Time Itself Has a Tiny Flaw That Scientists Just Discovered

Sunday 3 May 2026 ScienceDaily
Time Itself Has a Tiny Flaw That Scientists Just Discovered

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Scientists found something wild: time might not be as perfectly precise as we thought! Deep down at the tiniest levels of the universe, time could be slightly blurry because of how quantum mechanics [the science of how super-small things work] connects with gravity. This doesn't mean your clock will be weird, but it reveals that time has a hidden limit—kind of like discovering that even the most perfect ruler has microscopic wiggles!
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