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Is time speeding up? Here's what science says
The New York Post asks why childhood summers felt endless while adult years vanish, and weighs simulation and Large Hadron Collider theories; the science remains unsettled.
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- First reported by New York Post: “Is time speeding up? Here’s what science says”.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 7:42 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger.
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMeanwhile, a question that keeps people up at night: does time really speed up as we age, or does it just feel that way?
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip is live outside a science museum with the answer.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing outside the science museum, and behind me a clock in the lobby window says it is ten past seven, which it also said when I got here, so I have my own research going.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe New York Post asks why summers felt endless as a kid while whole years vanish now, and it notes the theories, including that we live in a simulation or that the Large Hadron Collider knocked us into a parallel universe.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd what does the science say?
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe summary only poses the question and lists the conspiracy theories, so the answer is unclear, but I can tell you this live shot has felt like four summers, and I have not had a single one of them off.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt has been thirty seconds, Skip.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThirty seconds? So time is speeding up for everyone but me.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock, someone tell me your forecast runs on a normal clock.
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