The article discusses a time-traveling dilemma where the protagonist and the professor accidentally create a situation where their older versions appear in the same timeline, risking the collapse of the universe. To merge the time streams and save the universe, they need to place two time gates in specific locations by driving a mile south, a mile east, and a mile north. The solution involves using the spherical nature of the Earth and finding circles of specific circumferences near the North and South Poles.