Gravity doughnut promises time machine

ljk — 7/14/2005 1:34:58 PM (archived)

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Gravity doughnut promises time machine

news@nature.com July 13, 2005
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One of the major difficulties of
travelling backwards in time has
just been solved, according to Amos
Ori from Technion, the Israel
Institute of Technology. He says
that according to Einstein's
theories, space can be twisted
enough to create a local gravity
field that looks like a doughnut of
some arbitrary size. The
gravitational field lines...

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Gravity doughnut promises time machine - ljk - 7/14/2005 1:34:58 PM
- mmm .. gravity doughnut .. aaaaghhh .. - Daniel - 7/14/2005 4:00:24 PM
  - You gain a lot less weight with Krispy Kreme. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/14/2005 6:10:27 PM
    - Such a 'time machine' will cost a lot of...dough. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 7/15/2005 12:12:27 AM
      - The theory seems to have a big hole in it. (n/t) - Lee - 7/15/2005 2:17:09 AM
        
        It's sily jokes like this that are keeping us from travelling through time! - ljk - 7/15/2005 3:03:09 PM
        
        No, it's the jelly filling that keeps blocking the hole. - Lee - 7/15/2005 11:52:53 PM

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