Albert Einstein Was Sort of an Average Guy for a Genius, Archives Reveal
If you're feeling curious, geek out for a few minutes and flip through Albert Einstein's complete archives, now available online thanks to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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'Faster-than-Light' Researchers Quit Over Culture, Not Science
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The two leaders of the research team at CERN that published a study that showed neutrinos moving faster than the speed of light have resigned a month after an experiment contradicted their results, but they're quick to note that their departure and the research aren't related.
Wrong or Not, the CERN Scientists Didn't Speak Too Soon
With this week's news that the supposedly Einstein-disproving breakthrough may have resulted from experimental error, is it time to join forces with those critics who thought the CERN scientists touted their research too soon?
CERN Gets Closer to Proving It Broke the Light Speed Barrier
New tests at the European science facility CERN yet again confirm the results of their prior experiment which showed faster-than-light particles, reports the BBC and The Washington Post.
Lots of Physicists Are Nervous About the Speed of Light
An experiment which appears to disprove Einstein has physicists wringing their hands
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