One trick that writers employ to sound more insightful (and therefore, more interesting) is using stories. This works especially well when the story is historical; the less familiar it is to the reader, the better. The writer is showcasing an idea the reader likely doesn’t know and something that has a historical basis, making it sound more legitimate. Readers will also stick to pieces that use stories because they’re easier to digest than argumentative prose and are therefore more interesting because they can understand them. 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
