Daily Archives: March 7, 2015

Does the Higgs bosun decay into dark matter? We may find out soon.

A team led by a theoretical particle physicist Christoffer Petersson, of Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has proposed an interesting experiment to try to discover the nature of dark matter.  His idea will be tested at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider this spring.

Click the link below to find out more.

The Higgs Boson May Disintegrate into Dark Matter

 

In the basement

I dread going down the steps into the basement. I know what I will find.

I hear the constant thumps. The sunlight is blinding today.

I might as well get it over with. I open the door and peer down into the darkness. I turn on the light but it doesn’t help. The puny recessed lights don’t make much difference.

I grab the wooden banister and step onto the first step. It creaks of course.  One at a time I pad down to the bottom.

I know where to look. It is there waiting for me.

I shine a flashlight onto the cement floor. I nod. My fears are confirmed.

Water is seeping through the cracks in the concrete floor.

I sigh and manhandle the shop vac into position.

I know what I’ll be doing for the next hour.