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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. Duh, we already knew this. by elucido · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is slashdot! Most of us already know that theres multiple dimesions. Time itself is a dimension.

    It's more important to figure out how to best use each dimension. We have only mastered the physical dimension with little knowledge about the quantum world. Perhaps computers will assist us in the future to determine the functions of the other dimensions.

  2. Great Reporting... by martian67 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I for one would like to thank slashdot for this amazing, Multi-Dimentional report...