Statistic of the Day

Jul 15, 2010 16:32

A new measurement of the proton particle shows that it is 0.00000000000003 millimetres smaller than previously thought.

Gizmodo

That might not seem like much, but it turns out to be about a 4% shrinkage.

"it's a very serious discrepancy," pointing that "there is really something seriously wrong someplace." Jeff Flowers, a scientist with the National Physical Laboratory in the United Kingdom, said that this "is a significant shakeup and could mean a complete rethink of quantum electrodynamics, potentially opening the door to a new theory."

First Trigger's stuff corpse gets sold, then they shrink the proton. Next, Alan Greenspan will be coming out in favor of tax increases. Oh, wait...

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