Beyond Time

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Natural Sciences, History, Documentary, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2007

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This hour, Radiolab goes to the front lines with men and women who are battling against time -- or at least the common-sense view of time.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:07.3	On New York Public Radio.
0:08.8	Public Radio.
0:09.7	W.
0:10.3	W.
0:11.0	W.
0:11.4	W.
0:11.9	Y.
0:12.9	C.
0:13.9	Speak.
0:17.1	This is the sound of, what's this exact title of the piece?
0:25.2	3,500 AD.
0:26.1	This is the sound of 3,580.
0:29.5	I'm knocking on an object that artist Terry Wilcox hopes will be here long after we all turn to dust.
0:34.9	It's actually fastened to the bedrock.
0:37.2	The engineering is that it will withstand a 200- an hour wind. This thing I hear, well. It's like a nuclear bomb. Thirty years ago, Terry and a few cranes lifted this 40-foot stick and plunged it into this boulder that we're standing on, which overlooks the Hudson. The George Washington Bridge is to our right. The sculpture reflects the sun like a mirror, and it's made out of two metals.
0:57.0	Aluminum on the outside and magnesium pieces.
0:59.0	The concept is simple.
1:01.0	One day, many moons from now, these two metals will be one.
1:05.0	The phenomenon is they're mixing together.
1:07.0	How do you mean?
1:08.0	Physically, the layers where the metals are touching, they're physically intermingling,
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