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Flies on a bus, space elevators, and other brain benders!

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

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The Relativity of Time

Einstein's theory of relativity says that everything is relative. This means it depends on whose point of view you're talking about. A person on a bus might feel like they're sitting still in a seat, but someone on the sidewalk would say they're moving really fast. If we stand in one place, we feel like we're still. But if you zoom way out, we're on a planet that is spinning and orbiting the sun. These are some of the ideas in Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity. He came up with many more using his imagination.

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