According to Professor Paul Davies "Scientists have no doubt whatever that it is possible to build a time machine to visit the future". Since the publication of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, few, if any, scientists would dispute that time travel to the future is perfectly possible. picked by shredtone 3 years ago

It involves something called 'metaphysics', and you don't need a flux capacitor. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

Don't burn those bridges! picked by suebe 3 years ago

Time has been studied by philosophers and scientists for 2,500 years. Astronomer Carl Sagan had it right when he said that time is “resistant to simple definition.” Lots of us think we know what time is, but it is hard to define. You can not literally see or touch time, but you can see its effects. The evidence that we are moving through time is found in everything – our bodies a... read full post picked by kakana 4 months ago

This article is a little old but it attempts to explain why the classic "time paradox" is a no brainer... it can't happen. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

...With amazingly realistic illustrative sketches. picked by donteatpoop 3 years ago

Unless your time travelling vessel is telepathically linked to you and translates things in your head then you're going to struggle to communicate with people from the past. Luckily, there's a phrase book for the scenario now. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

Time is no longer a simple line from the past to the future, in a four dimensional world consisting of three dimensions of space and one of time. Instead, Roger Highfield envisages the passage of history as curves embedded in a six dimensionals, with four of space and two of time. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Boston Harbor offers us a chance to go back in time without leaving the 21st century. This link tells us how. picked by meggysue 1 year ago

Sometimes they swing, sometimes they miss. The best, and worst Time covers reveal how we looked at news and ourselves in peacetime, war, depression and boom. picked by mobase 2 years ago

Daylight Saving Time ends in most of the United States a 2AM on Sunday, November 1st (Hawaii and Arizona have been on standard time all summer). It makes you wonder how we ever got our clocks coordinated in the first place. Believe it or not, standard time and time zones were the railroad industry’s idea. picked by bingo 4 weeks ago

The answer depends, of course, on your perspective, NASA astrophysicist Alex Antunes writes at ScientificBlogging. It's different for a Hollywood director vs. a physicist, for example. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

Why doesn't this ever happen to me? picked by 86Apex 3 years ago

Space time continuum may be the stuff of Star Trek, but it’s not mere fiction to Holly Branigan. The Edinburgh University psychologist can actually "see" time:

"I thought everyone thought like I did", says Holly Branigan, also a scientist at Edinburgh University, and someone with time-space synaesthesia. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

I'm not exactly sure what to make of this, but if the facts are correct, then this could eventually change the world. picked by Mershaullk 3 years ago

This is a video with several time lapse clips set to a nice background tune. picked by shredtone 3 years ago

Nostalgia Lovers can visit this blog to enjoy daily free podcasts and downloads of all sorts of Old Time Radio Shows. Mystery, Science Fiction, Comedy, Music from the 1920's 30's 40's 50's and 60's, Westerns, Romance and Adventure. All Free and updated several times per day picked by zencat 2 years ago

Earlier we learned that The New York Times opened up their archives for free. A thread was started where we could post interesting finds. The people at Mental_Floss magazine are showcasing the first time various famous places/names/things/ etc were mentioned in the Times. From simpsons, through Starbucks, Silicon Valley and more! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

People who procrastinate tend to be less healthy, less wealthy and less happy. picked by civicracer18c1 3 years ago

Trippish does it for you! Just enter in your start and end location along with your departure time, and it calculates a travel route, as well as weather forcasts at regular intervals between your starting point and destination. It even can automatically determine the best time to leave based on current forcasts. Quite handy for those cross-country Plimeets. picked by sidran32 4 weeks ago