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Speed of light exceeded? Er, probably not.

Paul Raven @ 17-08-2007

You may have noticed the widely reported story that a team of German scientists have managed to make photons exceed the speed of light in the course of an experiment. Well, let’s just say that’s probably not exactly what happened. [Engadget]

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