A pair of German physicists claim to have exceeded the speed of light - an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time.
Investigating a phenomenon called quantum tunnelling, which allows sub-atomic particles to break apparently unbreakable laws, the two Scientists conducted an experiment using energetic packets of light called "microwave photons". Dr Gunter Nimtz and Dr Alfons Stahlhofen, of the University of Koblenz, say that they made these packets of light travel a distance of 3 feet instantaneously.
If this is verified to be true, expect this violation of the special theory of relatively to open a whole new world of possibilities. While the theory behind "warp drive" in 'Star Trek' isn't necessarily the same kind of technology, it is still interesting to see another "Trek-like" possibility come to life. As Stephen Hawking's character in Star Trek The Next Generation episode "Descent" would say, "Wrong again, Albert!"
