Evidence of 6 Dimensions or More?

shelflife writes "Nature.com is reporting that there may be evidence of 6 dimensions. Galaxies seem to behave as there were more matter in them than is actually visible. 'One explanation, they say, is that three extra dimensions, in addition to the three spatial ones to which we are accustomed, are altering the effects of gravity over very short distances of about a nanometre.'" Update by J : Like most of string theory, this is acknowledged by its authors to be "extremely speculative."

Comments

One can dream

[bl968]

That in at least one of the six that hopefully the geeks get the girls :P

ObTime Cube

[zerblat]

I am flabbergasted that the "big brother" hired pedants can brainwash and indoctrinate the powerful antipode human mind to ignore the simple math of 4 simultaneous 24 hour days within a single rotation of Earth, to worship one and trash three. Magnificient evil job by teachers.

This is clearly false and evil. The Time Cube has exactly 4 dimensions.

An open mind is a slop bucket, "THINK CUBIC".

Re:ObTime Cube

[Anonymous Coward]

Sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality.

dotted...

[mmThe1]

Alert: The fourth, fifth, and sixth dimensions were slashdotted today due to uncontrollable inflow of nerds, geeks, and other creatures.

To keep the traffic flow normal, mirrors have been provided on the seventh, eighth, and ninth dimensions for the earthlings...

Re:String Theory is a joke

[BetterThanCaesar]

This is why the theory of relativity is a joke. Whenever they run into a problem, they throw in more gammas or some other kludge, like gravitation being the same as acceleration.

This is why Newtonian physics is a joke. Whenever they run into a problem, they throw in more integrals or some other kludge, like momentum being preserved.

This is why bakery is a joke. Whenever they run into a problem, they throw in more meal or some other kludge, like lowering the temperatur of the oven.