# Faster than light article in NYTimes - any comments?

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**Created:** [May 31, 2000, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faster-than-light-article-in-nytimes-any-comments/20996 "2000-05-31T12:41:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faster-than-light-article-in-nytimes-any-comments/20996/1 "2000-05-31T12:41:48Z")

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Here is a link to an article where the Times alleges two experiments that show faster than light travel of light:

[NYTimes FTL Article](http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/053000sci-physics-light.html)

A quote from the article:

[QUOTE}Though declining to provide details of his paper because it is under review, Dr. Wang said: “Our light pulses can indeed be made to travel faster than c. This is a special property of light itself, which is different from a familiar object like a brick,” since light is a wave with no mass. A brick could not travel so fast without creating truly big problems for physics, not to mention humanity as a whole.

A paper on the second new experiment, by Daniela Mugnai, Anedio Ranfagni and Rocco Ruggeri of the Italian National  
Research Council, described what appeared to be slightly  
faster-than-c propagation of microwaves through ordinary air, and was published in the May 22 issue of Physical Review Letters. [/QUOTE]

Comments?

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**Author:** ![JonF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JonF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonF)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faster-than-light-article-in-nytimes-any-comments/20996/2 "2000-05-31T14:34:35Z")

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[Evanescent waves and faster-than-c](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25948).

My NYT link doesn’t require you to have an account. So there! {grin}

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**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faster-than-light-article-in-nytimes-any-comments/20996/3 "2000-05-31T14:37:57Z")

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Just replace ‘www’ with the word ‘partners’ and you’re on your way.

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faster-than-light-article-in-nytimes-any-comments/20996/4 "2000-05-31T14:48:23Z")

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Since there’s already a thread on this subject, I’ll close this one.