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UCal Irvine’s ‘fifth force’ farce

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Uncategorized Atomki beryllium decay anomaly dark photon Hungarian Academy of Sciences Michael Moyer Nicholas Dirks protophobic boson public relations science journalism University of California Irvine

If a journalist buys into a UCI press release about some kind of ‘confirmation’ of a fifth force, and which is subsequently found to be simply false, an editor wouldn’t be faced with a tough choice whatsoever about which section she has to axe.…

A universe out of sight

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Uncategorized accelerating expansion of our universe asymptotic freedom comoving distance cosmological scale factor cosmology coupling constants general theory of relativity gravitational waves Hubble constant integrated luminosity Large Hadron Collider observable universe quantum physics redshift stochasticity type Ia supernovae

We've been able to find that the universe is expanding faster than we thought. The LHC has produced the most data on one day. Good news, right?…

An identity for ISRO through a space agreement it may or may not sign

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Uncategorized 123 nuclear agreement Antrix Corporation Arianespace AS Kiran Kumar Commercial Space Launch Agreement cryogenic engines Falcon 1 Glavkosmos Indian Space Research Organisation IRNSS market economies Next Steps in Strategic Partnership Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle pricing distortions satellite launches satellite services Technical Safeguards Agreement UR Rao US Trade Representative Wikileaks

ISRO will have to take a call about whether it still thinks of itself as vulnerable to getting “priced out” of the world market for commercial satellite launches or is now mature enough to play hardball with the US.…