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In Issue #134, Spain's time zone is off, Easter in May, and how fast is Earth spinning? Issue #134 ©ESA Is Earth Slowing Down? In recent years, Earth's spin speeded up, leading to a run of shortest-ever days as measured by atomic clocks. In 2023, for the first time in seven years, the average day length became longer. Will Earth's slowdown continue? Is Earth spinning faster or slower? Is Spain in the Wrong Time Zone? In some areas of Spain, civil time is almost two hours ahead of true local time because the country is so far to the western edge of its Central European time zone. What is social jetlag? ©iStockphoto.com/Igor Radchenko Easter in May Did you know there are two Easter dates, and that one is 35 days later than the other this year? While Western Christian churches celebrated Easter in March,  Eastern churches are getting ready to celebrate in May. When is Orthodox Easter? timeanddate.com was launched in 1998 and is the world's leadin...

Dear FAN, this month there's a lot of news in the new Official Ferrari Magazine: new photos, technical insights and special interviews to tell you more about the world of the Prancing Horse.                                                                                      CARS Dual Purpose A car like no other, the Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale offers exhilarating, lap record-breaking performance in a road-legal machine. Its host of advanced driving features are p...

Dear FAN, Scuderia Ferrari marked the return of the Chinese Grand Prix to the calendar with a fourth and a fifth place courtesy of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. On the plus side, a total of 31 points in the bag, including those from the Sprint Race, the second highest total behind Red Bull.                                                                                      SCUDERIA FERRARI A FEW PLACES GAINED Scuderia Ferrari marked the return of ...