“Cracks in bones, it seems, are hieroglyphs for those who know the code.” Many cultures believe that bones, animal or human, contain ancient knowledge and can communicate this knowledge. Bones (especially skulls, vertebrae, and shoulder blades) are popular objects of divination. For example, the Montagnais-Naskapi of the Labradorean Peninsula hold caribou shoulder blades over hot coals until they crack and get burnt; these cracks and burns are then “read” to answer questions, like which areas will yield success for their hunters. 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
