Daily Archives: July 9, 2010

Wait, I thought the Universe was expanding, not shrinking!

Well, it is. But the Proton “got smaller” just now. And, by “got smaller” I mean that the accepted measurement of the proton has been adjusted slightly. The new measurement for the proton’s diameter is about 0.00000000000003 mm (0.03 femtometers less than it was before. This is important:

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William fooled everyone, but Chris Mooney is taking most of the blame.

… As promised

Chris Mooney is about to explain to just posted a detailed explanation (which I have not read yet) of his interaction with the famous William the Blogger of YNH, posed as “Tom Johnson.” He’s posted Part One of an explanation of this infamous maneno, and we await Part II.

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