Synopsis

The hallmarks of science fiction—warp speed, transporters, wormholes, and lasers—have long populated our imaginings in books, films, and television. Yet, the fantastical future is rapidly becoming the present. Though instantaneous travel remains a distant prospect, researchers are poised to conduct initial tests on a contemporary "transporter." While physicists once dismissed Hollywood's depictions of warp speed and faster-than-light travel as fundamentally incompatible with Einstein’s laws, a n