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Because nobody knows what the mass of a Higgs boson might be, the particle must be hunted indirectly, typically in giant machines that propel particles to near-light speed, then smash them together and generate an array of other subatomic particles.

Physicists Close In on a Universal Puzzle Gautam Naik 2011

I mean, as opposed to people who can fly, run at near-light speed, have a ring that can create anything your mind can imagine (but is powerless against yellow), communicate with fish, stretch their bodies to ridiculous lengths and shapes, or block bullets with just a pair of bracelets?

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But when it attempted to heat up upon reaching the edge of the solar system after reaching near-light speed, the exact opposite happened: The craft had cooled so quickly, and to such an extent, that though it arrived at Minerva a year later, to a traveler inside more than four million years would have passed.

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There's no near-light travel, for instance, and no factionalisation of humanity.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Alastair Reynolds 2010

The physicist concluded by suggesting that extraterrestrials might not have visited Earth because of all the problems in traveling at near-light speeds, including how to deal with deadly hydrogen space mines.

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The physicist concluded by suggesting that extraterrestrials might not have visited Earth because of all the problems in traveling at near-light speeds, including how to deal with deadly hydrogen space mines.

Warp Speed Will Kill You?! Oh No! Mish 2010

I’m not talking about folks who can run at near-light speed, leap tall buildings without getting a wedgie, or create illusions out of thin air without the use of sleight-of-hand tricks, I mean.

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I consider myself left, but since the center keeps moving to the right at near-light speed, it is hard to keep up with what the honorable opposition considers the ‘center’ or the ‘left’ for that matter.

Waldo Jaquith - Sen. Allen declines Thurgood Marshall award. 2006

The black hole, according to this view, would rev up particles known as protons, parts of the cores of ordinary atoms, and smash them at near-light speeds in to lower energy protons.

A Dark, Misleading Force Sean 2007

And then, as the effects of that sink in, Zen fails the ship and its propulsion unit is lost, stranding the ship as it is moving at near-light speed, destined to flash by its target planet without the ability to stop or even slow down.

Variable Star Fred Perry 2007