Happy Anno Domini 2024!

New Year’s 2024 A.D., which signals another of Earth’s orbits around the sun, is a great time to reflect on the passage of time, which humans have measured with calendars since antiquity.The Gregorian calendar still in use today worldwide was adopted in 1582 after Pope Gregory XIII released a papal bull (Inter gravissimas) to replace the Julian calendar (named after Roman … Continue reading Happy Anno Domini 2024!