Saturday, April 1, 2006
Neutrinos Have Mass
While this
announcement will not seem like news to 99.9% of the planet, it has a
profound effect upon theoretical physics. It's more evidence that
The Standard Model,
which predicts that neutrinos won't have mass, is flawed and needs to be
revised.
Ok, but why does this matter?
The Standard Model is our best theory as to how the fabric of the cosmos fits
together. When your understanding of how the Universe works changes, things that
were thought to be impossible, suddenly are. Don't believe me? Think about how
Einstein's Theory of
Relativity or his famous equation, E=mc2, changed our perception
of the world. That's why this matters.
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