[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Is this a truly remarkable discovery or...simply the latest attempt by theoretical physicists to justify their belief in dark matter? I guess we'll know when they actually discover the X-boson.

[from occupied ga]

Scientists are ecstatic over the fact that they may have just discovered the fifth fundamental force of nature

What's the big deal? I've know about it for a long time. It's called the force of human stupidity, and it explains the presence of the current turd in the white hut and the popularity of the wicked witch. It explains why socialists keep trying their proven loser of a society, and why idiots keep voting for them. It's a very powerful force.

[Mr. K]

Is that the boson that gives X-Men their powers?

[waterhill]

I this dark matter; it’s no theory. It is real. Liberalism.

Subatomic is too nice a word.

[stars & stripes forever]

5th FORCE OF NATURE

Did you know that God dwells in thick darkness? That the God of light, at times, dwells in darkness? This idea flies in the face of much of our imagery and imagination about God. After all we so often hear that God is light (1 John 1:5) and that the Lord will be our light (Isaiah 60:19) and this is true. But what is also true is that “The Lord has said he would dwell in thick darkness” (1 Kings 8:12).

excerpt: http://adamjwalker.com/2014/03/god-dwells-in-thick-darkness/

[Mr. Douglas]

...justify their belief in dark matter...

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It’s kinda funny, in a way. If someone believes that dark matter may explain things scientists observe that make no sense otherwise, they are considered the cutting edge of science. If someone thinks it’s God, they are considered of low intelligence and understanding.

Yet it is not dark matter that explains the genuine miracles in my life.

Oh well. Carry on.

[wbill]

Force of Nature?

Chuck Norris couldn't be bothered to comment.

[AndyJackson]

The fact that it was published in Physical Review Letters, while certainly not making it true, means that the authors convinced the leading physics journal that they are not whack jobs and that the announcement is worthy of serious consideration and investigation.

There is plenty of evidence that dark matter exists. The problem is that we have no idea about its properties - how it interacts with other matter except through gravitation at very large scales.

[rightwingcrazy]

I read with dismay that the X boson is a photophobe. Decent people should find this behavior repulsive.

[nixonsnose]

Or they moved sheldon’s flag...

[N. Theknow]

Was sure the 5th force of nature was Mother’s Spit.

[ETL]

Then what of so-called “dark energy”? It’s supposedly unrelated to so-called “dark matter”.

[JoeProBono]

[Little Pig]

Actually, the article says this new particle casts (further) doubt on the existence of Dark Matter. IOW, this particle apparently makes it possible for the universe to behave the way it does without Dark Matter.

[Little Pig]

I just want my Repulsorlift technology. These scientists need to stop dinking around with this stuff and get busy working on the really important problems.

[DAC21]

Sheldon Cooper is smiling somewhere.

[broken_clock]

#Dark particles matter

[onedoug]

A Bose-Einstein condensate occurs only in super cold states. I’m a bit confused as to how this would translate into a super heated environment.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

I thought the fifth force of nature was a set of breast implants? Or were they the 6th and 7th?

[null and void]

No name reported for this so-called force.

Any side bets on whether it’s mohammad or starts with a ‘La’ or a ‘De’?

[Moonman62]

The good news is the theorized particle should be detectable with already existing and common technology. Other than that the theory is very tenuous.