Why Do Days Start At 12 O'Clock?
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
Vermont Public
4.3 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
How was time created? How did one minute become 60 seconds and one hour became 60 minutes? Why is time segmented into 12-hour periods? How do clocks work? Why is a year 365 days? Why is there an extra day in February every four years? Does time have a beginning or an end? Is time travel possible? Answers to all of your time questions with Andrew Novick of NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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| 0:00.0 | This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids from Vermont Public Radio. |
| 0:27.4 | On this podcast, we take questions from curious kids just like you and we find answers. |
| 0:33.7 | I'm Jane Lindholm, your host. |
| 0:35.8 | We have gotten questions from kids in all 50 states now thanks to Elise and Cooper in |
| 0:41.6 | South Dakota who sent us a question just a few days ago. |
| 0:45.5 | And we've heard from many of you in other countries as well. |
| 0:48.1 | We're up to about 48 different countries that you have sent us questions from. |
| 0:52.9 | That makes us really happy. |
| 0:55.2 | You know, it felt like it took a long time to get questions from all 50 states in the |
| 1:00.5 | United States. |
| 1:02.1 | But depending on how you look at it, it was also a really short amount of time, less than |
| 1:06.1 | two years to hear from so many different places. |
| 1:09.1 | That got us thinking, how does time work anyway? |
| 1:13.9 | Why do some things feel like they take forever, like if something is boring or unpleasant, but |
| 1:19.5 | it can feel like no time at all when you're having fun? |
| 1:23.2 | And how does time work anyway? |
| 1:26.6 | This week, we're focusing on time. |
| 1:31.4 | How the people decide to have one minute or one hour be one minute, 60 minutes or 66? |
| 1:43.7 | How is time created? |
| 1:46.3 | Why do the days start at 12 o'clock in the morning? |
| 1:50.4 | How do clocks have to go clockwise? |
| 1:55.5 | Before we get started, I want to reveal something to you. |
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