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Mineral may be linked to Earth's 'wiggle'

Nature: If a day seems to go by faster now than it did when you were younger, it might not just be your imagination. The speed of the Earth’s rotation is known to fluctuate slightly over decades. Now researchers have found a piece of the puzzle to explain this drift: a highly conductive mineral that could change the way the Earth spins.

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