Zara Zooms Through Time (Sort Of)

Zara didn’t mean to time travel. She was just experimenting with an old kitchen timer, a blender motor, and her grandfather’s worn-out watch.

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When she hit “Start,” everything slowed down — her dog’s tail wagged like molasses, and her brother’s sneeze took 11 seconds to complete.

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Zara screamed: “Time loop!” and hit reverse. Everything snapped back. Dog barked. Brother sneezed. Mom yelled.

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Turns out, she’d invented a moment-freezer — not a time machine, but a way to stretch time perception.

Now she’s testing it in math class.

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Science Spark: Is time travel real? Learn about time perception, and how our brains can be tricked into feeling time faster or slower!