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Light dawns: why is the speed of light the speed of light?

19 mins | May 28, 2017
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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. ​

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