“[M]oss is perhaps Wabi-sabi‘s standard bearer[.]” Wabi-sabi is a Japanese aesthetic that values imperfections. Embodied within the concept is a sense of humility that’s exuded in the asymmetrical, the impermanent, and the imperfect. Perhaps this can explain Japanese people’s sudden obsession with the plant, as moss perfectly fits into the Wabi-sabi aesthetic; it grows without rhyme or reason and is often overshadowed by bigger, grander flora. 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
