Both examples are have the same result, because they both involve extreme acceleration: on the one hand, acceleration toward the speed of light, and on the other, the acceleration associated with a supermassive gravitational field (free fall). Nigel Calder has said that at a constant 1 g acceleration you can travel…

Yes, but keep in mind that you need not travel around anything with a strong gravitational field for this to occur. The simple fact that you are travelling at nearly the speed of light in that situation means that time is nearly standing still for you.

*Shrugs shoulder* I'd think that the gravitational effect of any massive matter, dark or not, would have the same effect on light.

Depends on your frame of reference. Light doesn't bend, it allows follows a straight line — it's space-time that bends in a gravitational field. But gravitational time dilation follows naturally from special relativity. Time slows, or bends with space, in the presence of a gravitational field. Atomic clocks at…

Will my cat chew through the cable shield?

The first review is classic!

The speed with which a material can transmit light may vary, but it's never going to be faster than the speed of light in a vacuum. All of these manufacturers use the same material, copper. "Blazing fast!" "Lightening fast speeds!" Each year its supposedly faster, and the HD101 model becomes the HD201 model. It's…

The wing helps maintain stability during blazing fast speeds!

Let's be honest: this world is full of suckers, and if you want to partake you'll have to brush your teeth afterword. With diamonds.

Thursday: "My name is Curiosity, mutha****ers, mmmrrrwwwaaa!!!"

Good call. One of my friends said that it had happened by mistake. (Because Facebook tries to strategically locate the like buttons to....aid its users in realizing their full potential.)

Related question: are the sponsored recommendations for real? Facebook is trying to get me to 'like' sponsored links or products by suggesting that certain friends have already done so. I'm skeptical that my hippy friend 'likes' Citibank.

Maxpedition!

One small turn for rover, one giant turn for mankind!

I concede the point. Although religion and science have a sordid past, and race, gender and wealth do intersect with education, religion and politics, I never meant to get wrapped up in the partisan political aspect of it all. The people in Chuck07's photo, the folks at JPL, are there because they love science. Akin…

Oh c'mon. Netflix is great. I don't know why people think it has such a bad selection. I couldn't afford cable for most of my life, so I was in heaven with Netflix. But ever since my girlfriend (who would die without cable) and I moved in together, and I put my computer in another room, I don't think I've used it more…

Totally forgot I had a Netflix subscription. Thanks!

You probably meant to start a new thread. Anyway....Good point! Sounds like Jet Propulsion Lab didn't want to share the credit with the rest of NASA!

1) I'm saying that misguided beliefs, like Akin's, have a direct detrimental effect on scientific progress, especially when they come from people who occupy important positions such as Akin's. That those beliefs tend to be of a particular social, religious or political bent is not a secret. That's not ad hominem. It…

Which word did you need to look up?