00:00In late 2020, physicist Harold Sonny White had an aha moment that could bring us one step closer
00:06to a real working warp drive, just like you see in Star Trek, that could whisk you around the cosmos
00:11at unfathomable speeds. His idea hinges on a concept known as negative vacuum energy density,
00:18or the Casimir effect. To picture this in action, imagine two microscopic magnetic plates in a
00:24vacuum. There is diminished energy between them, which causes them to want to pull together
00:29to close the void. White thinks that he can exploit this concept to make a real working warp drive.
00:35Do you think you'll see it while you're alive?
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