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Kieran Healy's Weblog - Elementary Particles "Particle physics has been in the doldrums a bit lately, so they could do with some interdisciplinary reinvigoration. Also, their research budgets remain quite large." (tags: social-science silly physics blogs) Crooked Timber » » Necrotrends: The…
The Nature of Glass Remains Anything but Clear - NYTimes.com "David A. Weitz, a physics professor at Harvard, joked, "There are more theories of the glass transition than there are theorists who propose them."" (tags: physics materials science) Medium Large It's back! Maybe the best Web comic…
Southern Baptists Back a Shift on Climate Change - New York Times '[T]he new declaration, which will be released Monday, states, "Our cautious response to these issues in the face of mounting evidence may be seen by the world as uncaring, reckless and ill-informed."' (tags: politics religion…
Angels and Demons Frequently asked questions about antimatter at CERN. Dan Brown has a lot to answer for. (tags: books physics science stupid) Major physics breakthrough in understanding supersolidity The weirdness continues, in this remarkable uninformative press release. (tags: physics low-…

I am not sure any of those explanations on the BBC website helped me any.

I do like "loose-head prop", which sounds like the cause of airplane crash.

By Brad Holden (not verified) on 08 Oct 2007 #permalink