[shibumi]

[shibumi]

Does it really matter?

[JoeProBono]

[Mind-numbed Robot]

What is the difference between an anti-proton and an electron?
How do they create anti-matter?

[ALPAPilot]

As they reported this Thursday, they have now reduced the uncertainty in their experiment to a level of 3.9 sigma - equivalent to a 0.005% probability that the effect is a fluke.

But particle physics has a strict definition for what may be called a discovery - the "five sigma" level of certainty, or about a 0.00003% chance that the effect is not real - which the team must show before they can claim to have solved the long-standing matter/antimatter mystery.

Could someone ask Al Gore what the sigma certainty of Anthropocentric Global warming is?

[Vaduz]

Wonder where matter and antimatter came drom to cause the big bang??.

[Condor51]

On a 'series' note, the sad part of all this to me is that this Tevatron and Fermilab (Batavia, IL) is going to be shut down all because of the HCL at CERN and the Tevatron now being 'obsolete'.

So exsqueeze me but this kind of proves to me anyway, that beside the 'all powerful' HCL, meaningful science can still be accomplished at Fermilab and closing it is a big mistake.

(full disclosure: I live pretty near Fermilab and visiting it is a nice learning experience for youngsters. Plus, riding around the grounds you can see the Bison roaming in the fields. That's pretty cool too)

[The Cajun]

Why did matter prevail over antimatter, matter cheated........Obvious.

[RandallFlagg]

Just so y’all know.
Antimatter is the key to inventing a functional lightsabre.

All matter is surrounded by a cloud of electrons.
Positrons are the opposite of electrons.
The, “Blade,” must be a controlled arc of positrons.