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Evidence of 6 Dimensions or More?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the so-thats-where-all-the-socks-go dept.

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."

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  1. One can dream by bl968 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  2. Re:ObTime Cube by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality.