Cody Sheehy walked to safety after going missing when he was six years old. He trekked an estimated 14 to 20 miles out of the mountains and into the Wallowa Valley over the course of 18 hours. He tumbled into a river, escaped coyotes by climbing a tree, and hid from a passing car. This piece, 32 years later, chronicles the adventure that captivated the nation. Surprisingly, “Cody could nearly precisely recollect the route he followed to avoid being apprehended by the search group.” 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
