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...issue arose back in the 1960s, when physicists first described black holes, objects whose gravity is so powerful that nothing can escape, not even light. Under such crushing force, all information about what formed the hole would be forever locked away: you would have no way of distinguishing between a black hole made from a dying star and one formed from a quadrillion tons of Gorgonzola cheese...
...known that empty space is bubbling with "virtual particles"--pairs of particles and antiparticles that spontaneously appear out of nowhere, then annihilate each other and vanish. That happens so fast the particles can hardly be said to exist. But if it happens right at the edge of a black hole, Hawking realized, one particle might fall in before the annihilation, leaving its twin to escape in the form of radiation. Because the books of the cosmos must balance, the particle that escaped would have to be subtracted from the mass of the black hole. And since virtual particles are appearing...
...Vegas. It's just a construction site, but Wynn's creation is scaring all his competitors, with its plans for a 15-story mountain and lake, 2,700 suites-only rooms, a Ferrari and Maserati dealership, in-house staging of the Tony-winning Avenue Q and the only 18-hole golf course on the Strip...
...Bellagio's Continental swank, will open the $2.6 billion Wynn Las Vegas. It's just a construction site, but Wynn's creation is scaring all his competitors, with its plans for a 15-story mountain and lake, a Ferrari and Maserati dealership, and the Strip's only 18-hole golf course. In an experiment worthy of a Harvard Business School case study, sex has proved to be far more profitable than wholesome fun. The MGM Grand tore down its amusement park and now has two nightclubs (a third is opening soon) and a replica of Paris' Crazy Horse, La Femme...
...count us among their friends. Being alone is my biggest fear, and if thefacebook.com tells me I have 402 friends, than I’m reassured I don’t have to worry. My complex relationships form a web of socialization that keeps me from sinking into a hole of isolation. I feel I’m an integrated part of something larger—a school community, an age group, even the biggest city in the world...