Scientists at CERN say they've measured neutrinos traveling 1.000025 times faster than the speed of light.
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Isn't that awesome??!! I find it thoroughly fascinating.
One theory I recall hearing was that the speed of light varies with the distance from a large emitter (i.e. an outbound light photon travels faster at the surface of the sun than it does passing Uranus). It was kind of a 'string theory' tie-in and difficult to prove, so maybe this will lend a bit of credence. -
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Faster-than-light particles?
This seems to fit here in the Foyer as well as anywhere:
Scientists stunned, sceptical on faster-than-light particles
Who knows where this will go, but I love stuff like this. It reminds me of how little we may really know about things we think we know a lot about.Tiny specks called neutrinos were clocked at 300,006 kilometres per second -- slightly faster than the speed of light -- along a 730-kilometre (453-mile) trajectory between the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland and a laboratory in Italy.
If verified, the results would dismantle a key plank of Einstein's theory of relativity and deeply unsettle our understanding of the physical world.“There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
― W.H. Auden
"God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
-- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
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There was a young lady named Bright
Who could travel much faster than lightShe went out one dayand came back the previous night.
in a relative way"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!Comment
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There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was much faster much faster than light
She departed one day in a relative way
And returned on the previous....Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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There once was a Captain named Kirk
Who never thought time travel would work
But he spun round the sun
In Ol' NCC-1701
And that spaceship stopped going berserk."Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --SolonComment
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why am I the author of this thread? This was LA Ute's redundant thread!
Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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this might be the most convoluted thread on CUF.Comment
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It's becaseu they are so uncertain abdout the principles involved.Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View PostPLesa excuse the tpyos.Comment
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A retest confirms that some particles do go faster than light. It will be interesting to see if other labs can get the same result, too.
Not that, sickos.Comment
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