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In 1999, at the age of 93, physicist and Nobel laureate Hans Bethe gave a series of three lectures on quantum mechanics to residents of his retirement home. If you were wanting a lay explanation by someone who worked with some of the greats of the field, complete with personal anecdotes, this is a good place to start. (via)
On the importance of null results: the Large Underground Xenon detector completely failed to detect dark matter, ruling out a large class of several possible forms. We know the stuff exists. We still don't know what it is. (via)
A new study estimating just how common planets like ours may be around stars like our sun -- which is to say, instruments are finally getting good enough to detect small rocky worlds.
---L.
Subject quote from "The Flight of the Duchess," Robert Browing.
On the importance of null results: the Large Underground Xenon detector completely failed to detect dark matter, ruling out a large class of several possible forms. We know the stuff exists. We still don't know what it is. (via)
A new study estimating just how common planets like ours may be around stars like our sun -- which is to say, instruments are finally getting good enough to detect small rocky worlds.
---L.
Subject quote from "The Flight of the Duchess," Robert Browing.