When a pregnant mouse has a heart attack, her fetus donates some of its stem cells to help rebuild the damaged heart tissue.

Soren wrote:follow up experiment repeats that whole faster than light neutrinos thing

Monkeyboy wrote:

Soren wrote:follow up experiment repeats that whole faster than light neutrinos thing

I listened in on a conversation yesterday between two physics teachers here. One of them used to work with a nobel prize winner. They seem to think the results are likely flawed. Neutrinos coming from across the universe don't travel faster than the speed of light, so it makes no sense that they would going from Italy to Switzerland, plus there's a lot more error built in going such a short distance. They seem to think it's researcher or equipment error. Myself, I would need to see a lot more than this to throw out Einstein and all the other data (supernova data, etc).

TenuredVulture wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:

Soren wrote:follow up experiment repeats that whole faster than light neutrinos thing

I listened in on a conversation yesterday between two physics teachers here. One of them used to work with a nobel prize winner. They seem to think the results are likely flawed. Neutrinos coming from across the universe don't travel faster than the speed of light, so it makes no sense that they would going from Italy to Switzerland, plus there's a lot more error built in going such a short distance. They seem to think it's researcher or equipment error. Myself, I would need to see a lot more than this to throw out Einstein and all the other data (supernova data, etc).

I don't think anyone is ready to chuck relativity out the window just yet.

Slowhand wrote:That kind of stuff fascinates/scares the crap out of me.

TenuredVulture wrote:I don't think anyone is ready to chuck relativity out the window just yet.

Bucky wrote:

Slowhand wrote:That kind of stuff fascinates/scares the crap out of me.

Anyone who is interested in "E=MC2" but can't really nail it down should read/listen to E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation . Very well done.

For the first time, astronomers have discovered clouds of pristine gas in the distant universe about 12 billion light-years away. The finding offers a peek at what primordial gas looked like just a few minutes after the big bang, before heavier elements formed — a time when star formation was very different than it is today.

Phan In Phlorida wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:I don't think anyone is ready to chuck relativity out the window just yet.

Not until Thanksgiving evening.

Slowhand wrote:

Bucky wrote:

Slowhand wrote:That kind of stuff fascinates/scares the crap out of me.

Anyone who is interested in "E=MC2" but can't really nail it down should read/listen to E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation . Very well done.

I remember hearing about that book, I'll definitely have to check it out. I've bought several books on relativity and quantum mechanics trying to get a firmer grasp of all of it.

I meant to post this last week when I read it. Pretty cool.

For the first time, astronomers have discovered clouds of pristine gas in the distant universe about 12 billion light-years away. The finding offers a peek at what primordial gas looked like just a few minutes after the big bang, before heavier elements formed — a time when star formation was very different than it is today.

Bucky wrote:

Slowhand wrote:That kind of stuff fascinates/scares the crap out of me.

Anyone who is interested in "E=MC2" but can't really nail it down should read/listen to E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation . Very well done.

A respected scientist from the Cern particle physics laboratory has told the BBC he expects to see "the first glimpse" of the Higgs boson next week.