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Particle physics has a long history of zany theories that turned out to be true. Niels Bohr, the doyen of modern physicists, often told a story about a horseshoe he kept over his country home in Tisvilde, Denmark. When asked whether he really thought it would bring good luck, he replied, "Of course not, but I'm told it works even if you don't believe in it." In other words: if preposterous theories are mathematically sound and can be confirmed by observation, they are true, even if seemingly impossible to believe. To scientists in the early 20th century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did a Time-Traveling Bird Sabotage the Collider? | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

...pulled through with a few amazing goals,” co-captain Lizzy Nichols said. “She…is one of those players who can bring that extra spark to the game that we need sometimes...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Baskind’s Goals Lead Team to Crown | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...We’d like to educate more scientists and engineers for the nation and the world,” Schmill said. “That’s really the motivating factor for us to bring enrollment back...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MIT May Add 300 To Undergrad Class | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...more student, it probably doesn’t increase your costs that much. If you bring in 20, it probably does—you might need to add an extra section of a class, and you need somebody to teach it. If you bring in 300, you have to house them somewhere. There are increased costs that come with that,” Schmill said...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MIT May Add 300 To Undergrad Class | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...When he found out about the Ashekian case this fall, Connelly felt compelled to get involved with a real-life mystery again. He has written about Ashekian on his blog and for CNN and has been doing interviews with foreign media in Hong Kong, trying to bring attention to her disappearance. "When all this tumbled together, I had to do something," Connelly says. "No one disappears in a vacuum. Someone knows something." With some noting that Jaycee Lee Dugard, an American girl abducted 18 years ago, reappeared in August and is now back with her family, no one has given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Crime Writer Tackles a Real Hong Kong Cold Case | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

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