At first glance, the Town of Woodside’s wishes to be declared a mountain lion sanctuary to prevent further development seem noble. However, local and international critics alike are slamming this decision as a blatant attempt to skirt the housing mandates imposed by the state of California. SB9, which allows the state to build duplexes and fourplexes on lots zoned for single-family housing to address California’s housing problem, is the latest in a line of property development strategies that Woodside has vehemently opposed in the last few years. 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
