Hello and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us Click and Clack the Tappert Brothers,

and we're broadcasting this week from the physics department here at Car Talk Plaza. Is Professor Las Lottisa here today? He may be. See, something that we, not just we,

but I mean the entire world thought was impossible, may now be possible. Now, you may have

read about this a few weeks ago in the newspaper,

scientists in Princeton, New Jersey, using a combination of atomic and electromagnetic

manipulation, have made light travel faster than light. Get out of town! I mean, Einstein postulated that nothing,

nothing can travel.

Including light, can travel faster than 186,000 miles a second.

Which, in my opinion, is plenty fast enough.

Well, interestingly, these guys have gotten light to travel so fast.

You ready for this?

Yeah.

That the light comes out of the machine before it goes in.

All of this, of course, raises a fascinating, practical question here at Car Talk Plaza.

A few years ago, Bugsie, who's in charge of procuring and delivering cars to us, had to deliver

a test car to Tommy.

And he called Tommy up in the

morning and asked when he would be at his office. And Tommy said, well, I'm going in a little late

today. So Bugsy said, well, that's okay. I'll come in the afternoon. Tommy said, well, I'll be leaving

on the early side. I had stuff to do. To which Bugsy replied, well, don't leave too early, or you'll pass yourself coming in.

So now, it may actually be possible for me to do that.

You may.

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