Large Hadron Collider could be world's first time machine

Large Hadron Collider could be world's first time machine: "asa proposed that sterile neutrinos travel faster than light by taking shortcuts through extra dimensions. According to Einstein's general theory of relativity, there are certain conditions where traveling faster than the speed of light is equivalent to traveling backward in time. "

This is pretty cool. Time travel has been one of those elusive "semi-scientific" basis for science fiction that is more like a plot device than something that is an actual application of science. How many times has "warping around the sun" been employed in Star Trek, just to provide a convenient way of telling the story.

But here we have an interesting model for faster than light travel based on special particles that are only "part" of our universe.

Perhaps another way to look at them is as a cosmic radio. Could we modulate sterile neutrinos to send messages instantaneously (or at least faster than light) to other worlds?

Instantaneous communication would probably be boring, but a galactic carrier signal (a shared ethernet) might make an interesting story.

Mike