Higgs Boson particle discovery explained by scientists and journalists. Tomorrow at 3 a.m. EST, our understanding of the universe is likely to change. That’s when physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, just over the border from France, will announce the latest results of the decades-long search for a fundamental particle called the Higgs boson—and the word on the street is that they’ve found it (or, at least, something very much fitting the bill). J. Bryan Lowder is a Slate assistant editor. Follow But why should anyone without an advanced degree in particle physics stay up late to catch the official news? Anyway, here’s the part where I’m supposed to explain what, exactly, the Higgs boson and the associated Higgs field actually are. Not clear enough? As it turns out, however, theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, the particle’s namesake, actually doesn’t care for these viscous examples. Burton DeWilde, a friend of mine who is a Ph.D. candidate in physics, relayed another variation on this theme: Imagine a room full of physicists.
Basic facts (Gay money: The truth about lesbian & gay economics ¶ Joe Clark) Basic facts I spent six months in 2010 reading and summarizing every article on lesbian and gay economics published since the 1990s. I took on this project to counter a myth. Myth: Gays are rich The myth of gay money holds that “gays” (really just gay males) are high-income or rich. This myth was relentlessly propagated through the 1990s and persists today. Reality: Gay males earn less and lesbians earn more than straight people Most of the dozens of studies of income and earnings of gay men and lesbians show consistent results. Weak statement: Neither gay males nor lesbians earn more than straight people. Either way, most of the data shows that gay males do not earn more than straight people. Why? Why do gay males have generally lower incomes than straight males? Gay males have more education than straight males, but they do not choose male-dominated professions as often as straight males do. Why do lesbians generally have higher income than straight females? What about discrimination?
Physics 20b: Introduction to Cosmology - Spring 2010 - Download free content from UC Irvine Diphallus is a rare condition in which a man’s penis is duplicated. The first known case of this condition was reported in 1609. Typically only one of the organs is fully formed, but there have been occurrences in which both penises are fully functional! The first known case of this condition was reported in 1609. Typically only one of the organs is fully formed, but there have been occurrences in which both penises are fully functional! This strange disorder affects an estimated 1 in 5.5 million men. It's very uncommon for both penises in diphallus to be fully functional. Usually one of them only has rudimentary functionality. While it might sound awesome, most people would rather not have it. For more info about diphallus check out this scientific journal article.
Relativistic Baseball What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? - Ellen McManis Let’s set aside the question of how we got the baseball moving that fast. We'll suppose it's a normal pitch, except in the instant the pitcher releases the ball, it magically accelerates to 0.9c. From that point onward, everything proceeds according to normal physics. The answer turns out to be “a lot of things”, and they all happen very quickly, and it doesn’t end well for the batter (or the pitcher). The ball is going so fast that everything else is practically stationary. The ideas of aerodynamics don’t apply here. These gamma rays and debris expand outward in a bubble centered on the pitcher’s mound. The constant fusion at the front of the ball pushes back on it, slowing it down, as if the ball were a rocket flying tail-first while firing its engines. After about 70 nanoseconds the ball arrives at home plate. Suppose you’re watching from a hilltop outside the city.
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How Time Dilation Makes Sense previous home next PDF Michael Fowler, UVa Physics, 12/1/07 “Moving Clocks Run Slow” plus “Moving Clocks Lose Synchronization” plus “Length Contraction” leads to consistency! The object of this exercise is to show explicitly how it is possible for two observers in inertial frames moving relative to each other at a relativistic speed to each see the other’s clocks as running slow and as being unsynchronized, and yet if they both look at the same clock at the same time from the same place (which may be far from the clock), they will agree on what time it shows! Suppose that in Jack’s frame we have two synchronized clocks C1 and C2 set 18 x 108 meters apart (that’s about a million miles, or 6 light-seconds). Jill’s spaceship, carrying a clock C', is traveling at 0.6c, that is 1.8 x 108 meters per second, parallel to the line C1C2, passing close by each clock. Suppose C' is synchronized with C1 as they pass, so both read zero. What does clock C' (the clock on the ship) read as it passes C2?
First Known Photo of a Human (2 pics) Pics | 1 Nov, 2010 | Views: 9703 | It is the first known photo of a human. This is a Daguerreotype taken by the inventor of the process, Louis Daguerre, in 1838. This man stood still long enough to have his boots shined. Do you like it? It is just one of the thousands of posts that we have on the Acidcow.com. Electricity & Magnetism - Download free content from MIT In 1966 the World Cup trophy was stolen and later found by a dog days before the tournament began. The Jules Rimet trophy, which is made of solid gold and valued at 30,000 euro, was swiped while on display at Central Hall in Westminster, London. The troph The Jules Rimet trophy, which is made of solid gold and valued at 30,000 euro, was swiped while on display at Central Hall in Westminster, London. The trophy is named after a French lawyer who began the World Cup soccer tournament in 1929. The thieves also left behind postage stamps worth 3 million euro! Several days after the thievery, a dog named Pickles found the cup in south London while on a walk with his owner! England ended up winning the tournament and the recovered trophy, but in 1970 Brazil was permitted to keep the trophy forever after winning their third title.
Career Options for Physics Majors Do Anything. Do It All. Do Physics. Dr. Bachman, a project manager and physicist for Schlumberger, helped create a magnetic resonance imaging tool called the MR Scanner that is used in oil field boreholes for earth evaluation. Bachman knows about the academic side of physics. “I was going into physics and I knew full well one of the endpoints was going to grad school, getting creditions, and landing a professorship,” Bachman says. Sound interesting? Careers in Physics Despite what you might have heard, you can do more with a Physics degree than teach at a college and conduct research. Medicine MRIs, PET scans, and proton beam accelerators are all based on physics. Fusion Read about a UT Physics student who is now studying nuclear fusion energy at MIT. Nuclear engineering Read about how a Naval nuclear engineer ended up studying physics. Teaching (high school physics) Think about the most earthshaking discovery you might make as a physicist. Science journalism Energy exploration Patent attorney
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Pumice Background Pumice is a type of extrusive volcanic rock, produced when lava with a very high content of water and gases (together these are called volatiles) is extruded (or thrown out of) a volcano. As the gas bubbles escape from the lava, it becomes frothy. When this lava cools and hardens, the result is a very light rock material filled with tiny bubbles of gas. In commerce, pumice is the term applied to larger pumice stones, while pumicite consists of fine grains or ash. Name The name pumice is derived from the Latin word pumex, meaning foam. Sources Since pumice is a volcanic rock, and retains its useful properties only when it is young and unaltered, pumice deposits are found in areas with young volcanic fields. In the United States, Arizona, California, New Mexico and Oregon are the major producers of pumice, accounting for the majority of the nation’s pumice and pumicite production. Uses Substitutes and Alternative Sources Further Reading Citation Institute, M. (2008).