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Mysteries of Science

Is time travel possible?

Mysteries of Science

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6681 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

For many of us, what we know about time travel comes from stories, whether those be books, films or TV shows where characters go from the present to the past to the future and then back again. But is it possible to time travel outside the world of fiction?

Tim Peake, Karen Inglis and Ron Mallett sit down with Stevie and Michael to find out whether time travel is possible... 

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0:00.0

Oh, hey Michael, did we make it? Let me check the date. Second of September 2022. Yes, we're here. We did it.

0:08.8

Okay, let's start. Hello, and welcome to mysteries of science. My name's Stevie and I'm the deputy

0:14.2

editor of Science and Nature, the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior. And I'm Michael,

0:19.0

the junior editor. On this podcast, we take a look at our favourite mysteries of science.

0:23.3

These are the strange phenomena and bizarre events

0:25.3

that have left scientists scratching their heads

0:26.9

and despite their best efforts remain well and truly unsolved.

0:30.6

This is the first episode of Season 4 of Mysteries of Science,

0:33.8

and we've just come from the future

0:35.5

to tell you what an incredible season we have in store for you.

0:38.8

Yes, we're going to be looking at everything from whether luck exists and if your computer is

0:42.8

smarter than you to looking for ghosts and the lost city of Atlantis.

0:46.5

But first, we're going to be looking at one of science's biggest mysteries, time travel.

0:51.8

Now, we've all seen time travel in books, in films, on TV shows, but could we

0:56.8

actually do it in real life? And are there some time travellers already living amongst us?

1:02.3

Come with us and let's go back to the future. This is Mysteries of Science.

1:08.2

So, Michael, time travel, where do we start?

1:11.1

The past, the present, the future?

1:13.3

Well, maybe all of the above.

1:15.3

For many of us, what we know about time travel comes from stories,

1:19.2

whether those being books or films,

1:20.9

where characters go from their present to the past, then to the future,

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