Time Travel

Science

Scientists Ruin Science Fiction By Proving Time Travel Is Impossible

11:20PM July 25, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Science decided to be unfun this morning. Physicists at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology demonstrated that a single photon cannot be accelerated beyond the speed of light. This implies that faster-than-light time travel is impossible. FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU… More »

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Proof That Denver Airport Is One Of The Most Evil Places On Earth

12:20AM June 3, 2011 | Annalee Newitz

Having recently been stranded in Denver Airport for 24 hours, I can tell you anecdotally that the place is hellish. Exit arrows point at each other instead of outside; corridors lead to nowhere; and security checkpoints seem to disappear mysteriously as you approach them. More »

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Scientist Discovers Time Teleportation

3:20PM January 18, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Physicists at the University of Queensland in Australia claim to have discovered time teleportation, no flux capacitors involved: Just like quantum physics allows for teleportation in space, they say that the same is possible in time. Time travel to… the future! More »

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A Brief Crowdsourced History Of Time Travel

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10:00AM September 1, 2010 | Alex Kidman

What do you get when you cross a large crowd of geeks, Google Docs and a rather too familiar Police Box? More »

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How To Build A Time Machine

12:40PM May 8, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

According to Stephen Hawking, building a time machine isn’t hard: “All you need is a wormhole, the Large Hadron Collider or a rocket that goes really, really fast.” Just grab one of those and hop right through the fourth dimension. More »

Entertainment

Why Time Travel Will Never Work

11:20AM May 7, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Sorry, time travel hopefuls. Even if you get it right, someday, it’s going to go wrong. Although this would’ve made a great alternate ending for Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. [Buzzfeed]

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Time Traveller Captured In Museum Photograph

10:49AM April 18, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

When you look at most of the two dozen or so people in this photograph, which belongs to a Canadian museum, there’s no doubt that they’re from 1940, the year in which it was taken. But what about that guy? More »

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Hot Tub Time Machine Review: Don’t Change A Thing

5:00AM March 26, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Hot Tub Time Machine – the title itself speaks volumes. But with time travel guaranteed from the outset, the movie’s jokes aren’t just about the past, they’re about what you’re supposed to do when you get there. More »

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Real Rules For Time Travellers Is A Handy Helper For Lost Theories

12:00PM February 4, 2010 | Adam Frucci

Discover Magazine has a great article on the real science and logic of the paradoxes of time travel. Just what is possible and what isn’t? Prepare to have your brain at least partially melted. More »

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54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown

8:55AM November 6, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

On November 5, 1955, Dr Emmett Lathrop Brown hit his head on the side of a bathroom sink. As his headache faded, an image appeared — an idea that would finally make time travel possible: the flux capacitor. More »