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In reply to the discussion: Has Dark Matter Finally Been Found? Big News Coming Soon [View all]Cirque du So-What
(25,929 posts)14. I'm old enough to remember
when 'geek' referred to a sideshow freak - perhaps the guy who bites the heads off live chickens.
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The universe may be expanding d/t dark energy which some folks confuse with dark matter.
hue
Feb 2013
#11
Every time I hear about Dark Matter I have to post this Calvin & Hobbes Strip:
yodermon
Feb 2013
#12
:-) this is an older article, but it was one of the 1st to "shine a light on dark matter!"
hue
Feb 2013
#16
No, CERN had planned to shut down the LHC in order to revamp the collider and it's magnets for more
hue
Feb 2013
#22
Dark matter is all the packing materials for all the equipment being used to study dark matter.
longship
Feb 2013
#21
Dark energy and dark matter are the result of the matter/anti-matter reaction. The mass of each
firenewt
Feb 2013
#31