7.3 Billion Years Later, Einstein’s Theory Prevails
Via Slashdot
At USA Today you can see the title: Mystery solved: Dark energy isn’t there.
But in the body of the article it says:
The only problem is that for the equations to work, we must be “literally at the center of the universe, which is, to say the least, unusual,” says physicist Lawrence Krauss of Arizona State University in Tempe. “I think this is plausible mathematics, but it doesn’t seem physically relevant.”
So in order to get “mystery solved” you have to assume something that science has been moving away from ever since Copernicus.
Much more at Dark Energy: Still a Puzzle.
Sometimes a lot of patience.
I know this probably is about electrical switches, but when I saw this near downtown Minneapolis my first thought was about a really serious course on quantum mechanics.
Physics discussion ends in skateboard attack
A homeless man is on trial in San Mateo County on charges that he smacked a fellow transient in the face with a skateboard as the victim was engaged in a conversation about quantum physics, authorities said Wednesday.
From Bad Astronomy, where Phil Plait and his commenters are having fun.
As part of our living history work in colgaffneyis we demonstrate how to start a fire without matches. This can be very difficult to do. However, some people are able achieve it without even trying: