Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Who Has Forgotten the Child’s Question?

Posted on May 2, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Physicists theorize that the omnipresent Higgs field slows some particles to below light speed, and thus imbues them with mass. Are we there yet? How many of you with children have not heard our own children speak with impatience of … Continue reading →

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Boundaries are what divide us

Posted on May 2, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale The words seem a wise choice. This is not to support the religious right, or left,  nor to induce fear(contentions of Peale in the article,) but to support the … Continue reading →

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Intelligent Life in the Universe?

Posted on April 27, 2010 by PlatoHagel

While Drake’s equation is a good basis for systematic investigations of signals from extraterrestrial intelligences, I care little about the admittedly scarce possibility that we ever receive positive news from our SETI searches. I care more about the fact that, … Continue reading →

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FLOW

Posted on April 25, 2010 by PlatoHagel

oscopelabs — July 29, 2008 — Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century – The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of … Continue reading →

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Solar Dynamics Observatory

Posted on April 23, 2010 by PlatoHagel

SpaceCraft The total mass of SDO at launch was 3000 kg (6620 lb); instruments 300 kg (660 lb), spacecraft 1300 kg (2870 lb), and fuel 1400 kg (3090 lb). Its overall length along the sun-pointing axis is 4.5 m, and … Continue reading →

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Linking Experiments

Posted on March 30, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Illustration: Sandbox Studio   The first round of physics Nine proposals are under consideration for the initial suite of physics experiments at DUSEL, and scientists have received $21 million in NSF funding to refine them. The proposals cover four areas … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Internet Brain and Consciousness

Posted on March 25, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Partial map of the Internet based on the January 15, 2005 data found on opte.org. Each line is drawn between two nodes, representing two IP addresses. The length of the lines are indicative of the delay between those two nodes. … Continue reading →

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A first look at the Earth interior from the Gran Sasso underground laboratory

Posted on March 22, 2010 by PlatoHagel

The Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) is one of four INFN national laboratories. It is the largest underground laboratory in the world for experiments in particle physics, particle astrophysics and nuclear astrophysics. It is used as a worldwide facility by … Continue reading →

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The Law of Octaves

Posted on March 22, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (also romanized Mendeleyev or Mendeleef; Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Менделе́ев listen (help·info)) (8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1834 – 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1907), was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is credited as being the creator of … Continue reading →

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Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Posted on March 19, 2010 by PlatoHagel

“You don’t see what you’re seeing until you see it,” Dr. Thurston said, “but when you do see it, it lets you see many other things.Elusive Proof, Elusive Prover: A New Mathematical Mystery The Enriched Xenon Observatory is an experiment … Continue reading →

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