Just a quickie here. One finds sheer genius in this seasonal story. Don't know which is keenest, the AF modes hidden beneath the B modes in the microwave sky where inflation's blown-up gravity waves are splayed wide, or the deflaton (DEF-luh-ton). It had me going for several graphs. Then Blutarsky showed up.
- ScienceNOW – Adrian Cho, Richard Stone: Scientists Find Imprint of Universe That Existed Before the Big Bang; **Correction: Went several days with a bad link, alas, and despite a reader's prompt tip it was wrong. Now fixed.
Science's reporters have several of this sort up but this one seemed particularly well-concocted.
*UPDATE: OK, one more for now. Anybody see another outstanding member of this yearly science journalism outbreak let us know (suggest stories)
- High Country News – Ben Goldfarb: Hippos spark management debate / Nation's most fearsome invasive species wreaks havoc on Western waterways ; Killer quote: "Bull hippos are famously aggressive, and Ellis has lost several of his valuable Black Angus cows to the territorial male that has established residence in his pond. “The poor cows must’ve went down to drink,” says Ellis. “I found the carcasses along the shore the next day. It was just… pure carnage.” You may need to fight through a subscriber wall (I am one hence don't see it). Site has, or used to have, a free trial subscription that just might get you hooked into anteing up for the real thing.
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