Ian Connellan Editor in chief, The Royal Institution of Australia talks to John Stanley about this week's weird and wacky science stories. 

Have you ever wondered why time seems to speed up when you’re having the time of your life, but slows down when you’re hating it? Well, research has revealed that time really does fly when we’re having fun and this is all thanks to a specific set of time-sensitive neurons that skew our perception of the passage of time.

<p>Ian Connellan Editor in chief, The Royal Institution of Australia talks to John Stanley about this week's weird and wacky science stories.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Have you ever wondered why time seems to speed up when you&rsquo;re having the time of your life, but slows down when you&rsquo;re hating it? Well, research has revealed that time really does fly when we&rsquo;re having fun and this is all thanks to a specific set of time-sensitive neurons that skew our perception of the passage of time.</p>

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