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Assuming the "light speed twins" experiment could be conducted, how would the biology of either twin "know" to age differently? As an example, why would things like telomeres shorten at different rates just because the bodies involved are traveling/accelerating at different speeds?

by /u/Me_for_President in /r/askscience

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