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xkcd #3238: Soniferous Aether

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Imagine you could ride alongside a sound wave. It would probably be pretty cool, right? We're putting in a departmental budget request to buy a really fast plane so we can check it out.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3238/

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[–] Jaimesmith@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Physicists really reinventing “air” and calling it a breakthrough 😅