Could Time Travel Be Real? 时空穿梭成真？

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This discovery could overturn Einstein's theory of special relativity
A discovery in the last week has turned physics on its head.
A team of scientists have said that they recorded subatomic particles called neutrinos travelling faster than light. No-one thought that was possible.
It is a finding that could overturn one of Einstein's long-accepted fundamental laws of the Universe.
The finding was made by researchers at Cern in Switzerland and Gran Sasso in Italy.
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The speed of light is a cornerstone in Einstein's theory of special relativity, which is what gives us the concept of causality: causes precede effects.
Among the implications of this challenge to mainstream theory is the fact that it could mean time travel is possible, a hypothesis that has long convinced writers of science fiction.
But the experiment has its sceptics. A physicist from the University of Surrey, Jim Al-Khalili, believes that the current consensus is correct and that the light-speed barrier is impossible to surpass.
He has tried to pick holes in the methodology of the Cern researchers. So sure is Al-Khalili that they have made an error in their measurements that he has decided to defend the laws of physics by challenging the laws of social convention.
Al-Khalili said: "If the Cern experiment proves to be correct... I will eat my boxer shorts on live TV."
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110928132716_to_turn_something_on_its_head.mp3 完全改变
   

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110928132700_subatomic_particle.mp3 次原子粒子
   

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110928132711_to_overturn.mp3 推翻
   

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110928132522_long-accepted.mp3 长期被认可的
   

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110928132509_cornerstone.mp3 基石
   

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110928132707_theory_of_special_relativity.mp3 狭义相对论
   

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110928132703_the_concept_of_causality.mp3 因果关系的概念
   

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110928132520_implications.mp3 影响，含义，推断
   

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110928132524_mainstream_theory.mp3 主流理论
   

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110928132709_time_travel.mp3 时空穿梭


   

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110928132517_hypothesis.mp3 假设
   

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110928132656_science_fiction.mp3 科幻小说
   

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110928132531_sceptic.mp3 怀疑论者
   

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110928132512_current_consensus.mp3 当前的共识
   

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110928132705_the_light-speed_barrier.mp3 光速障碍
   

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110928132529_overcome.mp3 克服
   

to pick holes in something 寻找漏洞
   

methodology 方法论，方法学
   

social convention 社会惯例，常规