Your Head Ages faster than Your Feet
Seriously. Your head ages faster. Over 79 years, your head will be 90 billionths of a second older than your feet will be. All due to the magic of relativity.
Your feet, being closer to the big 'ol gravity field that is the earth, are being slowed down, while your head, roaming in the freedom of about 5'8 higher, is just floating around without a care in the world.
Thing is, scientists always knew this - but had never been able to test it until now. New atomic clocks, both small and incredibly accurate, can now measure relativity at altitude differences of a foot or less, and speeds of only 20mph.
The bad news of course is for those of you living in Denver (or Nepal for that matter). You are getting older faster than the rest of us.
Your feet, being closer to the big 'ol gravity field that is the earth, are being slowed down, while your head, roaming in the freedom of about 5'8 higher, is just floating around without a care in the world.
Thing is, scientists always knew this - but had never been able to test it until now. New atomic clocks, both small and incredibly accurate, can now measure relativity at altitude differences of a foot or less, and speeds of only 20mph.
The bad news of course is for those of you living in Denver (or Nepal for that matter). You are getting older faster than the rest of us.
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