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The Top Ten Physics Highlights of 2002

Posted by michael on from the physics-is-phun dept.

Ocelot Wreak writes "Physics Web has a cool summary of The Top Ten Physics Highlights of 2002. These include anti-atoms, neutrino oscillation - a finding that requires new physics beyond the Standard Model, defying the second law of thermodynamics, and using neutrons to measure quantum gravitational effects, amongst others. For some reason, the Slashdot Effect and the latest research on iPod-based Beowulf clusters were not included..."

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  1. Shouldn't this be a poll? by CSG_SurferDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just marry the poor fool. ;-)

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    1. Re:Shouldn't this be a poll? by armb · · Score: 5, Funny

      > Shouldn't this be a poll?

      And when CowboyNeal wins?

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    2. Re:Shouldn't this be a poll? by snake_dad · · Score: 5, Funny

      1. Yes!
      2. Yes!
      3. Marry CowboyNeal

      Good luck Rob!

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    3. Re:Shouldn't this be a poll? by linzeal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well with the artificial womb and some chromosomal tic-tac-toe we could eventually have little Commander Neals and Cowboy Tacos runnning around.

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  2. A Valentine's Day Pe0m Fit For the Occasion by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
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    Congrats to you both!

    PS: This lameness filtering obviously is optional, as you get away with a 4 chr post, while I had to type this whole postscript to get past some silly minimum # of characters per line.

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  3. Ooo. by slothdog · · Score: 5, Funny

    so when do we get the Top Ten Top Ten Stories of 2002?

    1. Re:Ooo. by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 4, Funny

      As soon as someone resubmits them.

  4. But the best news... by core+plexus · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...is by far more women getting into physics

    "12. Hope for the future More than 300 physicists from around the world -- most of them women -- met in Paris in March for the first International Conference on Women in Physics."

    In a related story: Sex makes your brain grow

    1. Re:But the best news... by Mononoke · · Score: 2, Funny
      "12. Hope for the future More than 300 physicists from around the world -- most of them women -- met in Paris in March for the first International Conference on Women in Physics."
      When does the 'first international Conference on Men in Physics' take place? Is it likely that most of the attendees will be men?

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    2. Re:But the best news... by L.+VeGas · · Score: 2, Funny

      Since men have a both an X and a Y chromosome, men are better at phYsiX. Lacking this, women are better at phXsiX, which isn't a real science (in America anyway).

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  5. How dare they defy the 2nd law of thermodynamics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Homer: "Lisa, in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

  6. Amazing by TimeReliesOnLadyLuck · · Score: 4, Funny

    "For some reason, the Slashdot Effect and the latest research on iPod-based Beowulf clusters were not included..."

    Amazing, now the editors are trolling US! You know where.

  7. Actually 12 highlights... by robbyjo · · Score: 5, Funny

    But the last two points are just "Low points of the year" and "Hope for the future".

    The lowpoints... you guess it, the great sham by Victor Ninov on Ununoctium.

    The hope is... more women in physics! Oh the joy! You guys in Physics should be happier now... :-) If only this happens as well in Computer Science...

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    1. Re:Actually 12 highlights... by anonymous+loser · · Score: 4, Funny

      A former girlfriend was a physicist. Being an engineer, we always got into the endless debates of "theory" vs. "practice". As a physicist she seemed to prefer talking about sex, whereas I preferred actually *having* sex.

  8. Electron neutrino flavour by sboyko · · Score: 4, Funny

    In April, physicists at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) in Canada presented conclusive new evidence that electron neutrinos oscillate -- or change 'flavour' -- on their way from the Sun to the Earth.

    So they don't taste like chicken anymore?

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  9. The Best Part by Sargent1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This list is great if for no other reason than it gives me a chance to say "Superkamiokande!" in a superhero-like voice.

    Say it with me. It'll make you feel better. "Superkamiokande!"

    Of course, having research I worked on mentioned in passing ("Researchers also reported on the unusual expansion characteristics in an ultra-cold Fermi gas this month") was cool too.

  10. Re:top twelve? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It would be the top "10" in base-12.

  11. Re:But the best news... QWZX by arknrbn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heh, being a woman, and being a Physics major, I can honestly agree that the dating situation was indeed grim.

  12. welcome to slashdot. by sulli · · Score: 2, Funny
    Amazing, now the editors are trolling US! You know where.

    New here, aren't you?

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  13. Re:A Top 10 list with 12 items? by ArsonPerBuilding · · Score: 4, Funny

    Top ten list- Check.
    12 Items- Check.
    20% margin of error- Check.

    The editor must be a experimental physicist.

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