The Y2K panic was one of the strangest global freak-outs in modern history — a moment when the entire world braced for a technological apocalypse that never came. As the clock ticked toward midnight ...

What's the final word about Y2K? We were told this was a serious problem, and that huge dollars and man-hours were needed to head off trouble. Why didn't the sky fall, as predicted? Were the dollars ...

Earth is spinning faster than usual this summer, raising concerns among scientists about potential disruptions to global timekeeping systems — with fears reminiscent of the Y2K scare. According to a ...