Things You Thought You Knew – Faster Than Light

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🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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What’s up with the fourth dimension? Can anything travel faster than light? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore things you thought you knew about dimensions, tachyons, and isotopes.

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0:00.0	Coming up on StarTalk, we've got another Things You Thought You knew episode.
0:05.4	This time, we talk about dimensions, isotopes, and tachions.
0:11.0	Check it out.
0:13.5	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:16.1	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:24.6	StarTalk begins right now.
0:30.6	So, Chuck, here's a topic.
0:33.1	I don't think we talk enough about dimensions.
0:34.6	Dementia, huh?
0:35.2	No, no.
0:39.1	I can say to you, Chuck, I'll meet you tomorrow at Starbucks.
0:39.7	Right.
0:41.1	And what's your reply to me?
0:44.2	I'll be there all day waiting, man, because I got nothing to do.
0:45.7	I got nothing to do.
0:47.9	So I'll just be at Starbucks.
0:54.2	I'll start off in the morning with some breakfast, maybe a little muffin, and then I'll just stay there until you get there.
0:55.3	Okay, sorry.
0:57.4	I meet you at Starbucks at 12 noon.
0:57.8	Okay.
0:58.4	Oh, thanks.
0:58.8	Thanks.
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