Many of us believe the answer to this question is no. Of course it is, I can't be in my house and at a amusement park at the same time. But in quantum physics, the answer is yes. If you have no idea of what I'm about to talk about, look at the atom diagram.
Atoms have electrons orbiting them. Because they are so small we don't know exactly where they are around the center (nucleus), so we classify them as waves moving away from the atom. This is considered as being in every place around the orbit of the nuclease, so it's in more than one place at once. This is also know as the Uncertainty Principle, it states that these electrons could be anywhere and it is impossible to know the velocity and position of the electron at the same time. Therefore it is possible to be in two places at once, but only at atomic size. Confused? Don't worry, most scientists are too!
Atom Diagram. www.universetoday.com. Web. 28 May 2012. <http://www.universetoday.com/56469/atom-diagram/>.
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