Scientists at the CERN facility in Switzerland think they’ve detected a sub-atomic particle that moves faster than light.
Not only is this super cool for fans of science fiction, looking for a decent basis for ‘hyperdrives,’ ‘jump drives,’ ‘FTL drives,’ and ‘Heisenberg compensators,’ but it would overturn the Special Theory of Relativity which is kind of a building block for our understanding of the universe so, you know, that might be important even for people who don’t read science fiction. But I don’t know for sure, I don’t hang around people who don’t read sci fi so I won’t pretend to know what weird, kinky things they think are important. Probably place settings or coupons. I don’t know.
So anyway, some neutrinos appear to have covered a distance of 730 km 60 nanoseconds faster than light.
the coffee philosopher 
I don’t think relativity is particularly kinky.
It is for more than the science fiction crowds because it is real. This is exciting news, however, the media often reports preliminary results of scientists and so I advise all the readers of this article to follow the matter in earnest if they wish to verify that this is a true phenomenon.
This is all just preliminary. The results will have to be repeated numerous times in order approach anything like confirmation. But there is little doubt that the research going on at the CERN facility, especially the work with the large hadron collider, is freaking awesome and exciting.
Too bad we’re too busy cutting funding for elementary school teachers to bother investing in humanity’s future in a similar fashion.
I don’t think so either – the ‘kinky’ remark was a bad joke about people who don’t read science fiction.
Pretty exciting. Actually, I think it is exciting that something faster than the speed of light can be measured. I excite easily, I guess.
no i don’t think so
no i don’t think so, its mirracal
Perhaps. Either way, exciting, if it can be replicated.