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[Henry J]

Actually, Columbus was trying to reach Asia - the far east. He didn't make it.

[Henry J]

Related article:

Higgs Boson: Physicists See Best Proof Yet of 'The God Particle'

Henry

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"After decades of careful experiment, physicists say they have found the "strongest indication to date" to prove the existence of the Higgs boson -- a subatomic particle so important to the understanding of space, time and matter that the physicist Leon Lederman nicknamed it "the God particle." "

So.......if they can't explain something they push it into this catagory?

[Henry J]

update:

Particle 'Consistent' With Higgs Boson Discovered

The discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson has been announced by physicists from the Large Hadron Collider's CMS and ATLAS detectors.

The discovery was detailed at a major conference to update the world on the continuing efforts by CERN scientists to find the last remaining piece of the Standard Model that underpins the foundations of our Universe. The Higgs boson mediates the "Higgs field" that ultimately endows all matter with mass -- finding the Higgs is therefore imperative for physicists to understand what gives the Universe substance.

[Henry J]

Study Finds Heat is Source of 'Pioneer Anomaly'

July 17, 2012
The unexpected slowing of NASA's Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft - the so-called "Pioneer Anomaly" - turns out to be due to the slight, but detectable effect of heat pushing back on the spacecraft, according to a recent paper. The heat emanates from electrical current flowing through instruments and the thermoelectric power supply. The results were published on June 12 in the journal Physical Review Letters.

Very interesting!

[Henry J]

Massive meteorite crater found in Canadian Arctic

Researchers in Canada's western Arctic have found evidence of a crater that formed when a huge meteorite slammed into Earth millions of years ago.

Measuring about 15 miles (25 kilometers) across, the formation was named the Prince Albert impact crater after the peninsula where it was discovered. Researchers don't know exactly when it was created, but evidence suggests the crater is between 130 million and 350 million years old, according to a statement from the University of Saskatchewan.

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Seems like it was just yesterday.

[Henry J]

Been around a while, have you?

[lswot]

I thought I saw you there.

[Henry J]

Nah, I didn't get out much back then.

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