Tuesday, August 22, 2006

13 things that do not make sense - space - 19 March 2005 - New Scientist Space

  1. Placebo
  2. Horizon Problem: inflation
  3. Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays
  4. Madeleine Ennis Belfast Homeopathy: fluke
  5. Dark Matter: WIMP
  6. Viking's Methane: fluke. Why wasn't this reattempted on Mars rovers?
  7. Tetraneutrons: fluke.
  8. Pioneer probe drift: unidentified propellant.
  9. Dark Energy
  10. Kuiper cliff: there's a planet there.
  11. Wow signal: fluke
  12. alpha is changing: measurement error
  13. Cold Fusion: nope

Placebo, dark energy, and cosmic rays are truly interesting problems. I'd add sonoluminescence in there.

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