I'll be sure to stop by to visit, yesterday!

That nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, is one of the key tenets to Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity. However, I've just read an article which claims two German physicists from the University of Koblenz may have been able to do just that.

Dr. Gunter Nimtz and Dr. Alfons Stahlhofen report they have been able to move microwave photons, energized packets of light, instantaneously between two prisms placed up to 3 feet apart. So far, I haven't been able to confirm these findings through a reputable science journal, and I don't know if their experiment has been replicated with the same results by other physicists.

But just suppose for the sake of argument... if they have succeeded in busting one element of Einstein's theory using "quantum tunneling" which apparently allows sub-atomic particles to break seemingly unbreakable rules, life just got a little stranger. For instance, if I was traveling faster than the speed of light, I could, in theory, arrive at my destination before I left.

... Which would be a big help on days that I have to run a lot of errands! :D

~ Robin

Hey, wait a minute! If nothing can travel faster than light, and a photon is a component of light, why shouldn't it be able to break its own speed limit? You know, travel as fast as it wants without breaking any rules. Hmm... I guess that's why I'm a baker and not a German physicist. :/