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Archive for December 18th, 2009

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Bad Year for Weird Fiziks

By Thoreau
1)  There were big rumors that Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) had been discovered.  There are hypotheses that the dark matter is made out of these particles.  Alas, the only announcement from the search for WIMPs is that they’ve seen a signal that is slightly stronger than background, but only very slightly.  It’s interesting, [...]

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Merry Christmas, Bloggy

UO’s very first ever reader, the incomparable Ginger, tipped me to a very special Christmas video that is just perfect for my esteemed co-blogger from thw West Coast. So it’s re-gifting, but the good kind.