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New Type of Particle May Have Been Found
An anonymous reader writes "The LHC is out of commission, but the Tevatron collider at Fermilab is still chugging along, and may have just discovered a new type of particle that would signal new physics. New Scientist reports that the Tevatron's CDF detector has found muons that seem to have been created outside of the beam pipe that confines the protons and anti-protons being smashed together. The standard model can't explain the muons, and some speculate that 'an unknown particle with a lifetime of about 20 picoseconds was produced in the collision, traveled about 1 centimeter, through the side of the beam pipe, and then decayed into muons.' The hypothetical particle even seems to have the right mass to account for one theory of dark matter."
"Going to happy at the new school"
Is that anything like "Going to accidentally the whole school"? ;)
I know where the door is. I'll let myself out.
I think I can summarize your post thusly:
USA! USA! USA!
Their collider is better, but WE work harder, so we get superior results!
USA! USA!
Support microSD: in a post 9/11 world, it is unwise to carry your data on media that you cannot comfortably swallow.
Statistically speaking, you are more likely to shoot a family member getting up for a piss or midnight snack than you are a burglar. If anything, you'd be increasing the risk to your family by having a gun in the house.
There is more to science than physics!
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Anchorage is a bad example, but it's not really too far off during the winter months. Juneau is much closer, but you could also compare Valdez, Whittier, Cordova, possibly Kodiak, or any other town in Southeast/Southcentral Alaska.
Also compare any town of equal latitude in Canada, to demonstrate the warming effect of the Pacific current. Whitehorse, in the Yukon, is more northerly, but I can't think of any other settlement of note in that area.
I'll thank you kindly to form your links correctly in the future.
Those who advocate genocide deserve every protection afforded by law, and none afforded by common human decency.
If you want to talk about particle physics and how it might affect the planet, don't talk about Hawking Radiation. You will look foolish.
Those who advocate genocide deserve every protection afforded by law, and none afforded by common human decency.
Sorry you got modded off-topic, it seems undeserved. Some mod must have disagreed with you. I metamodded this comment positively.
Those who advocate genocide deserve every protection afforded by law, and none afforded by common human decency.
"Left" and "Right" are fairly vague terms in themselves. I am saying none of those things. If pressed I would say that the issue of nuclear power is not well-suited to discussing in terms of "left" and "right".
The part of my post that you quoted is otherwise complete in itself; I have nothing to add to it.
Those who advocate genocide deserve every protection afforded by law, and none afforded by common human decency.