Have some astrophysics news
www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/06/life_and_the_fine_structure_constant/
(PsychoChomp, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 9:36, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

dun gerrit?

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 9:37, Reply)

read it again.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 9:40, Reply)

still dun gerrit?
is this some kind of nerd form of bullying?
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 9:46, Reply)

A fundamental constant may not be constant in the universe.
Looks like it gets bigger in one direction and smaller in the other.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 9:49, Reply)

so........?

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 9:52, Reply)

Atoms and molecules are made differently in different parts of the universe
the heavy atoms needed for life could only be regional.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 9:54, Reply)

oh.
and?
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 10:01, Reply)

This has implications.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 10:02, Reply)

for?

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 10:06, Reply)

It fits a spatial dipole, significant at the 4.2σ level, silly.
What are you, some kind of spastic?
Ugh, subject line fail.
(NoeI «:::P:::» «:::E:::» «:::R:::» «:::V:::» «:::E:::», Mon 7 Nov 2011, 9:43, Reply)

eh?

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 9:46, Reply)

4.2 isn't that good
There's a 1 in 12000 chance of it being a fluke. Considering the amount of data out there, that's fairly high. 3 is the requirement for an ' incident' and 6 (100 times more confidence) for a discovery.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 10:02, Reply)

Interesting.
sort of extension of the goldilocks zone thing into EM stuff. However, this does not explain why my earlobe is currently bleeding.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 9:48, Reply)

AIDS etc
Is it your right ear?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 10:02, Reply)

actually, yes. Is that bad AIDS not good AIDS, then?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 7 Nov 2011, 10:22, Reply)