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Protons Aren't round

Posted by chrisd on from the go-figure dept.

drox writes "USA Today reports that protons are ovoid rather than spherical, as most of us learned in school." In related news, thousands of high school science labs have thrown out a bunch of little plastic balls.

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  1. Hey, that's nothing... by kawika · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a paper from Hendrik Schon here that says they're shaped like tiny little cheddar cheese goldfish. Who would you believe, USA Today or Bell Labs?