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SELEX at Fermilab Discovers New Particle

Posted by michael on from the ad-infinitum dept.

sellthesedownfalls writes "Scientists at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will announce on Friday, June 18 the observation of an unexpected new member of a family of subatomic particles called 'heavy-light' mesons. The new meson, a combination of a strange quark and a charm antiquark, is the heaviest ever observed in this family, and it behaves in surprising ways -- it apparently breaks the rules on decaying into other particles. See the Fermilab Press Release."

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  1. TODAY'S SLASHDOT SPELLING LESSON by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
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  2. Johnson Rod by bafraid2b1 · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's come to the point where this stuff is ridiculous. What everyday person, even /. readers, has any remote idea what the hell these guys are talking about? They mind as well be telling me that my car needs a new Johnson Rod.

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  3. Here comes the God Squad. by JessLeah · · Score: -1, Troll

    As soon as I read the bit about this particle "not playing by the rules", I immediately sensed that this article would get picked up by Christian fundamentalists, and used to say, basically, "See? The scientists can't keep their story straight, so science is a false God, blah blah blah"... Watch them go wild when they get their hands on this story. Le sigh.

    As a reminder: YES, SCIENCE IS IN THE BUSINESS OF CONTRADICTING ITSELF. That's how you learn. Scientists don't claim to have The Answer, as religionists do. Scientists are on a quest for truth, using solely that which we have actually observed (as compared to that which was written in a large book thousands of years ago) as their guide. Science does sometimes do back-flips, totally reversing its opinion on things. That's just how it goes.

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    Honey, I shrunk the Cygwin
    1. Re:Here comes the God Squad. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  6. Re:No such thing as "breaks the rules" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    your friend is a fucking idiot

  7. Re:WELL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I would get a job as a comedian, but then I'd probably have to give up my other job, FUCKING your MOM.