1 "Time is an illusion. Lunch-time doubly so," joked Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Scientists aren't laughing, though. Some speculative new physics theories suggest that time emerges from a more fundamental-and timeless-reality. 2 Try explaining that when you get to work late. The average U.S. city commuter loses 38 hours a year to traffic delays.
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