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Scientists Have Unexpectedly Discovered "Negative Time" in a Quantum Experiment

Scientists Have Unexpectedly Discovered "Negative Time" in a Quantum Experiment

And it is blowing the scientific community's minds away

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Dr. Harini Bhat
Oct 02, 2024
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In a modest laboratory at the University of Toronto, a team of quantum physicists has stumbled upon a phenomenon that seems to defy the very fabric of reality: evidence of "negative time." This discovery is perplexing, nonsensical and absolutely brilliant.

Picture this: a beam of light that arrives at its destination before it has even begun its journey. It sounds like the opening line of a science fiction novel, but in a quiet laboratory at the University of Toronto, this mind-bending scenario has become a tantalizing reality.

Quantum physicists have observed what they're calling "negative time." It's a phenomenon so counterintuitive, so wildly at odds with our everyday experience, that even the researchers themselves initially thought they had made a mistake in their experiment.

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