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If time travel were possible, it would mean the existence of parallel timelines. (Shutterstock)

April 24, 2022

Time travel could be possible, but only with parallel timelines

Scientifically speaking, for time travel to exist, so must parallel timelines. This theory addresses the paradoxes that arise when studying the possibility of time travel.

Dr. Who used the this time machine, called the TARDIS, to travel through space and time on the BBC television show Dr. Who. Babbel1996 / Wikimedia Commons

January 28, 2019

Time travel is possible – but only if you have an object with infinite mass

Gaurav Khanna, UMass Dartmouth

Who wouldn’t want to travel in time, glimpsing the dinosaurs or peeking at humans 2,000 years from now? Now physicists have designed a time machine that seems deceptively simple.

Is there a Dr in the house? James Bowe/flickr

February 24, 2016

How to build a time machine

Steve Humble, Newcastle University

It is possible – with just a couple of awkward provisos.

There was no joy for the creator of the DeLorean – the car was a failure. Reuters/Andrew Kelly

October 27, 2015

How Hollywood saved a futuristic car from obscurity

Paolo Aversa, City St George's, University of London

Few would remember this fantasy car as a model of motoring excellence. It owes its success instead to a fantasy film that has turned 30.

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