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WannabeTesla posted Collisions in the LHC | 3 days ago
I am very busy, but I had to take a break to share this with everyone. CERN has executed their first successful proton collisions within the LHC. This is great news, as we may be stepping into a new realm of understanding in just a few short years due to this machine. I guess this Thanksgiving we...
koan911 posted Solar flares, revisited | 3 days ago
Back in July, I made sarcastic mention of sun spots, observation #1024, shown at this NASA site being welcomed by researchers after a long pause. The picture then was about the same as now, #1033; i.e. negligible in usual terms. The sun has been inactive with respect to solar activity for over three...
Peculiarist posted Is There An Evolutionary Explanation For Grandparent Favouritism? | 3 days ago
A new paper has come out in support of the Grandmother Hypothesis. Briefly, the Grandmother Hypothesis argues that the evolutionary reason human women live so much past child-bearing age is so they can help look after their grandchildren. This study, Grandma plays favourites: X-chromosome...
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