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Light dawns: why is the speed of light the speed of light?
19 mins | May 28, 2017
It is the universal speed limit. Light travels at an exact velocity around 300,000 km per second. But why not faster? And why not any slower? Sidney Perkowitz, reveals how a new theory is inching us ever closer to an answer.
