The Folsom Manifesto can be considered the progenitor of prisoners’ rights. Written and signed by prisoners from Folsom State Prison, the letter detailed 31 demands aimed to “seek an end to the injustice suffered by all prisoners.” Although the manifesto and the subsequent prison strike seemed to have failed in the short term, the manifesto’s words were heard in federal courts across the country. Many of the manifesto’s demands were met, such as allowing prisoners to send more uncensored mail. 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
