A German scientist is claiming the impossible. Dr David Whitehouse has been wondering what exactly is impossible. There is a physicist in Germany who claims to have transmitted a message faster than the speed of light which is impossible. Into one end of his equipment he feeds a signal, in this case one of Mozart's symphonies, and out of the other end comes the symphony but, and this is the important bit, it comes out sooner than one would expect. Most people do not believe the experiment and it is clear that the scientist in question has a lot more work to do to convince his peers.
Scientists regard travelling faster than light as being impossible.
It is, they say, one of the facts about the way the universe is made. Research with Dolly the cloned sheep and the two cloned calves indicate that humans could be cloned, if we wanted to. But our memories and experiences make us what we are just as much as our genes. Because of this it is impossible to produce another Elvis, or you and I for that matter. As for immortality - that is not impossible I believe.