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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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nside the speeding train would sound warped and slowed down like a record playing at the wrong speed. If you were to see any clocks inside the train you’d discover they were running slower than the station clock on the platform. 
So far so weird. But here’s the stranger thing. Everyone on the train would experience things as normal. Their voices and movements would appear as they should – smooth and at normal speed. To them the clocks on the train would be running as normal too. But if they looked at you on the platform they’d think you were distorted speaking slowly and moving weirdly.
Depending on the speed and your relative position to a moving object you experience different speeds of time. Simple right? 
But Einstein wasn’t done yet. In the next blink we’ll discuss his second great contribution to science.
Einstein’s general theory of relativity totally changed how we look at gravity.
Did you know there’s an enormous amount of energy inside of you? There’s a whole bunch o