Putting the 'Warp' into Warp Drive
Tabloid headlines like "Physicists want to annihilate Jupiter to reach Rigel 7" will do the physics community no good...
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Tabloid headlines like "Physicists want to annihilate Jupiter to reach Rigel 7" will do the physics community no good...
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