I'm In My Happy Place
On a more upbeat note than the last article, the same Signal + Noise post sent me to the New Scientist, where they have a short article on changes in the fine structure constant, which is something I heard about at DAMOP. The Flambaum group mesurement mentioned in the article is really something, and I'll probably write something up about it later. Their technique is complicated enough that I'm not sure how much confidence I'd have in their results, but it's a clever trick.
Also, as every nerd in the world is aware, Cassini made it into Saturn orbit, and is sending back way cool pictures. They haven't gotten around to false-coloring them yet, but when they do, look out...
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