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BICEP2 Press Conference

Posted on March 21, 2014 by PlatoHagel

BICEP2 Technical Presentation Part 1 BICEP2 Technical Presentation Part 2 *** Lubos Motl is officially “link king.” :) See Also: BICEP2 Observatory in Antarctica Wayne Hu Primer Dialogos of Eide

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We’ve Come a Long Way

Posted on March 17, 2014 by PlatoHagel

In 2003 the WMAP craft measured the very small fluctuations – about one part in 100,000 – in the temperature of the cosmic background radiation (coloured regions). These fluctuations, which are in excellent agreement with the predictions of Big Bang … Continue reading →

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BICEP2: New Evidence Of Cosmic Inflation!

Posted on March 17, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Of Particular Significance [For your reference if you can’t follow this post: My History of the Universe, and a primer to help you understand what’s going on today.] I’m still updating this post as more information comes in and as I understand … Continue reading →

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BICEP2 Observatory in Antarctica

Posted on March 17, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Cosmic searches at the South Pole. The BICEP-2 Telescope is the up-facing dish at right. The larger white dish is the South Pole Telescope (SPT), and the building is the Dark Sector Laboratory. Both experiments observe in the millimeter-submillimeter part … Continue reading →

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World Wide Web 25th Anniversary

Posted on March 12, 2014 by PlatoHagel

The first web server, used by Tim Berners-Lee. Photo via Wikipedia On the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web, we’re pleased to share this guest post from Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web. In this post he … Continue reading →

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The State of String Theory by Brian Greene

Posted on March 7, 2014 by PlatoHagel

See: Brian Greene *** See Also: Brian Greene’s talk on the state of string theory Dialogos of Eide

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Laminar Flow

Posted on March 3, 2014 by PlatoHagel

If symmetry is to have ever existed,  and,  you return to the original state, problems enter the picture because you are introducing “some thing” to the system? For example, you can only back up so far. The question is what … Continue reading →

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Brane New World

Posted on February 28, 2014 by PlatoHagel

O wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,That has such people in’t. —William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene I, ll. 203–206[5] Brave New World Revisited   The allegorical relations that one might find … Continue reading →

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What is the Total Field?

Posted on February 27, 2014 by PlatoHagel

The general theory of relativity is as yet incomplete insofar as it has been able to apply the general principle of relativity satisfactorily only to gravitational fields, but not to the total field. We do not yet know with certainty … Continue reading →

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CUBESats

Posted on February 26, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Station Live: NanoRacks Makes Space for CubeSats *** See Also:  CubeSats Deployment Begins, More Life Science Work on Station  Outernet Space Station Live: NanoRacks Deploying Cubesats from the Station Dialogos of Eide

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