Held over 52 days, the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile Race is for whoever first reaches 3,100 miles running laps around a block in Jamaica, Queens. You don’t need speed or endurance to finish; according to Arpan, a volunteer at the 2021 race, you need to be like a child again. The race should be treated like play; people aren’t concerned about winning and do other things while racing, like Facetiming their friends and family. Read full article here
Science
‘Ghostly’ neutrinos provide new path to study protons
In groundbreaking research, an international collaboration of scientists from the University of Rochester have used a beam of neutrinos to measure the size and shape of the protons that make up the nuclei of atoms. This feat, once thought impossible, provides scientists with a new way of looking at the small components of an atom’s nucleus and opens up a wealth of new information about the structure of an atom’s nucleus and the dynamics of the forces that affect neutrino interactions. The researchers solved the challenge of harnessing neutrinos in large numbers by using a neutrino detector containing a target of both hydrogen and carbon atoms, and over nine years of data collection at Fermilab’s accelerator. Read full article here
Merv
March 25, 2023
