*Source: Ars Technica (
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...hink-so.html)*
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A paper submitted to the physics arXiv (
http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.0681) has been picked up by a number of major news outlets (e.g., the Daily Mail (
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...age_id=19 65)) because the paper suggests that its authors have measured something traveling faster than the speed of light. Unfortunately, the claim is worse than weak; it is silly. I'll talk about why that is after briefly discussing their research.
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