If you want to travel a finite distance, you first have to travel half that distance. If you keep halving the distance, you’ll require an infinite number of steps. Does that mean motion is impossible? (Credit: Mohamed Hassan/PxHere)

How Zeno’s Paradox was resolved: by physics, not math alone

Travel half the distance to your destination, and there’s always another half to go. Despite Zeno’s Paradox, you always arrive right on time.

The fastest human in the world, according to the Ancient Greek legend, was the heroine Atalanta. Although she was a famous…