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...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, for example, quantum mechanics may have seemed outrageous. "The concept that you could have a wave-particle duality - that an object could take on either wave-like properties or point-like properties, depending on how you observe it - takes a huge leap of imagination," says Roberto Roser, a scientist at Fermilab. "Sometimes outlandish papers turn...

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

Yeah, we don't get it either, but all we know is if you want to do anything today (except for, well, staying in the Quad), you'll have to walk, not ride, to wherever you may want...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Veterans Day = Stuck in the Quad | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

...contacted Ted Mayer, Executive Director of HUDS, who, in an email, wrote that “This secret recipe, long sought by Harvardians, and kept in a vault with only three people in the world, each knowing only a portion of the recipe, without knowing each other's identities, may be had by contacting Martin Breslin at the above email...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Home, Home on the Range(r Cookie)! | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

...show is revamping its repertoire with themed episodes. The roommate-themed premiere, set to debut in the next couple of weeks, features three roommies as the lucky contestants attempting to woo the lovely bachelorette. December’s episode is set to star eager freshmen, while future themes may include guest appearances by MIT and BC students, or perhaps psychology concentrators...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Love @ctually? | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

Lost amid all the mayhem and tragedy of last week's massacre at Fort Hood is the chilling reality that the alleged killer was a U.S. citizen who may have taken online inspiration from Middle Eastern jihadists without ever leaving the nation's shores. Even more disturbing: This kind of homegrown, lone-wolf terrorism is not only harder to detect; it is likely to grow - as one of the consequences of the U.S.'s war on terrorism. The pounding of al-Qaeda and its allies in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan since 9/11 has driven them onto the defensive, forcing them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fort Hood Highlights a Threat of Homegrown Jihad | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

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