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The Economist: Ye cannae change the laws of physics.

“In a paper just submitted to Physical Review Letters, a team led by John Webb and Julian King from the University of New South Wales in Australia present evidence that the fine-structure constant may not actually be constant after all. Rather, it seems to vary from place to place within the universe. If their results hold up to the scrutiny, and can be replicated, they will have profound implications — for they suggest that the universe stretches far beyond what telescopes can observe, and that the laws of physics vary within it.” Best news I’ve heard in a coon’s age.  Infinite mysteries mean infinite possibilities.

09/01/10 • 09:07 PM • Scholarly • Science • No Comments

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