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Brian Greene Talks Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2011

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Physicist Brian Greene, host of the NOVA series The Fabric of the Cosmos, addresses the question of faster-than-light neutrinos at a Q&A session after the debut of the PBS series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.

0:02.3

Hiya.

0:02.9

So, Benny has really blossomed this term.

0:05.6

You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.

0:09.6

Oh, that's not quite what I meant.

0:11.1

It's free to sell on there?

0:12.3

Free to sell?

0:13.5

Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.

0:16.8

You sold my guitar?

0:19.9

Shall we talk about Benny?

0:22.1

When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.

0:26.7

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0:31.7

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0:41.1

Hi, Steve Murski here with a short episode of Science Talk. As you may know, PBS has been running a four-part Nova series with physicist Brian Green, called The Fabric of the Cosmos.

0:52.9

The last of the Four Parts is airing tonight, November 23rd.

0:56.7

After Part 1 debuted, Green hosted a live Q&A here in New York City.

1:01.3

The first question dealt with something that's been a big story in science news of late,

1:06.0

the question of the alleged faster than light neutrinos.

1:09.6

As you listen, there's a bonus, a couple of backstage people

1:12.3

who apparently didn't know that their electronic communication was bleeding into the microphone feed.

1:17.2

Enjoy.

1:18.0

And here is one from Twitter.

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