Particle physics refresher, via Rachel Maddow

[shireen]

A cartoon. In Italian.
Absolutely priceless!

:rofl:


The Week in Geek
By Summer Ash - Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:28 PM EDT

Neutrinos are the hot topic today, so I thought we could all use a refresher on what elementary particles are. In Italian of course, because it's molto interessante that way.

And speaking of neutrinos, here's a cautious take on the "faster than light" hype that almost broke the blogosphere yesterday.

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http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/23/7925981-the-week-in-geek

[Motown_Johnny]

1. I love that they have their arms out... like Superman.

[villager]

2. More DU unreccing weirdness -- why unrec this?

Then again, the unreccers do seem to come from a parallel, nearly anti-matter, kind of universe...

[shireen]

3. it really annoys me too

how many good stores get dropped off the radar because of them? Some days, I only have time to read the 'Greatest' page, and rely on fellow-DU'ers to rec good stories so i can see them. These unrec'ers are really messing things up. I wish the admins could keep track of who is doing this and kick the serial offenders off the board.

[Duppers]

4. + 100

Bumped for Relativity. ;)

Betting the CERN folks have made some systematic error.

Some JHU folks will have a paper on this soon. :)