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LESSON 4 · Physics in the Real World

PAUSE TO THINK

If you lived at sea level versus on a mountain, would you age differently?

Yes

Gravity slows time, and gravity is slightly weaker the higher you go. So someone living at altitude ages a touch faster than someone at sea level. The gap is far too small to notice in a human lifetime — only atomic clocks can detect it.

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