Evidence For Antimatter Anomaly Mounts

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Evidence For Antimatter Anomaly Mounts

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 29, 2012 @08:00AM from the nature-of-things dept.

sciencehabit writes "The big bang created a lot of matter—along with the same amount of antimatter, which wiped out everything and brought the universe to an untimely end. That's what accepted theoretical physics tell us—though things clearly didn't work out that way. Now, results from a U.S. particle smasher are providing new evidence for a subtle difference in the properties of matter and antimatter that may explain how the early universe survived."

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The universe ended? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-29 08:02 · Score: 0, Funny

Why didn't anyone tell me? Why am I still here?
So the Universe ended... by neokushan · 2012-02-29 08:05 · Score: 3, Funny

I guess that means I must be in heaven or hell.
Come to think of it, reading the comments on Slashdot does feel a little bit like Purgatory....

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Oblig. Bad Car Analogy by PPH · 2012-02-29 08:08 · Score: 4, Funny

So then, its like populating the roads with an equal number of Priuses and Lincoln Navigators?

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1. Re:Oblig. Bad Car Analogy by Oswald+McWeany · 2012-02-29 08:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yes. The Navigators, being made by Lincoln would decay at a faster rate than the Priuses made by Toyota.
  Therefore eventually there would be more Priuses on the road than Navigators.
  
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Then unmount it by hhedeshian · 2012-02-29 08:11 · Score: 5, Funny

sudo umount /dev/anomaly
1. Re:Then unmount it by masternerdguy · 2012-02-29 08:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I prefer recalibrating the deflector dish to deal with antimatter anomolies myself.
  
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Indeed by Waffle+Iron · 2012-02-29 08:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Under the highest magnification of our latest scanning tunneling microscopes, new images of these anti particles reveal that they sport tiny goatees.
1. Re:Indeed by rla3rd · 2012-02-29 08:17 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Had me scared... I first read this as tiny goatses.
Re:Interesting... by TheCarp · 2012-02-29 08:26 · Score: 4, Funny

Is that the physicists equivalent of rubbing two sticks together?

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Re:Interesting... by TheCarp · 2012-02-29 08:35 · Score: 4, Funny

And all humor begins with not taking things too seriously.

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Re:Interesting... by Jenka · 2012-02-29 08:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Followed by "Hey Yall! Watch this!"
Re:Interesting... by damien_kane · 2012-02-29 08:51 · Score: 3, Funny

And all humor begins with not taking things too seriously.
Not all humor
In direct contrast to your statement, I often find my self laughing at people taking things too seriously.
Re:42? by oodaloop · 2012-02-29 08:57 · Score: 3, Funny

Or on an Intel P5 Pentium.

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