New York Times: The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate
http://su.pr/3287Ll
[When the LHC is powered on after a year of repairs after an
accident shut it down] it will be time to test one of the most
bizarre and revolutionary theories in science. I'm not talking
This paper (pdf) shows how MOG (Modified Gravity or
Scalar-Tensor-Vector)
theory explains the Bullet cluster 'proof' of dark matter without
dark matter:
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702146
This article argues, weakly, that the apparent acceleration of the
universe can
be explained without
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten
years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set
up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established
a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat
technologies, and even casts of regulars over