The Speed of Light is a Big Problem - Dr. C.S. Unnikrishnan, DemystiCon '25, DemystifySci #356

Filmed at DemystiCon 2025 in Portugal, Dr. C.S. Unnikrishnan,
from India's Tata Institute, reveals a very different take on the
nature of light. Beyond the noise of headlines and textbooks, the
speed of light's measurement isn't proving to be so simple.
Drawing on years at the heart of experiments that listen for the
universe’s faintest signals, he questions whether the speed of
light is truly constant. Here, gravity and clocks intertwine, and
relativity itself stands on uncertain ground. PATREON
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