I am sitting with one of the smartest people I know. I’m talking MIT smart! We do not have a lot to talk about because he is a genius, and I’m a Luddite who can’t figure out how to operate my smartphone, let alone grasp quantum mechanics. Undeterred by my ineptness in all things “sciencey,” he tries. Case in point: He randomly mentions that he read a recent article that scientists have discovered how to speed a pulse of light up to 30 times faster than the speed of light and even make the light travel backward. Just for reference, the conversation before this revelation was about rock bands! A quick shift of gears, and he has my attention. Read More