Category: Personal Musings
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Of dark matter and hope
Perhaps hope lies deep underground. Specifically, hope of detecting dark matter: the stuff making up 80 percent of the total mass of the Universe. Yesterday, researchers working with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) announced a possible detection of three dark matter particles. They’re right to be cautious: several marginal observations of dark matter particles…
Galileo's Pendulum 