Some Interesting Science Links

Here are some interesting science articles.

• Diagnosing 'art acne' in Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings. "Novel hand-held tool detects, maps and monitors destructive pimple-like protrusions in precious works of art"
• The Government's New Weather Model Faces a Storm of Protest. Introduced after three years of development, it can't accurately forecast temperature or snow fall amounts.
• Extra dimensions, black holes, and vacuum decay, oh my. "There are several ways the Universe could end, some dramatic, some pathetic, some just outright weird. My personal favorite is vacuum decay, in which the Universe succumbs to an expanding bubble of unimaginable destruction that arises from what could be described as a manufacturer's flaw in the fabric of the cosmos"
• Planck's Constant and the Nature of Light. "This new definition of Planck's constant leads to a much simpler interpretation of light which can be modeled using the same mathematical construct (e ^ iφ =cos(φ)+isin(φ)) as all other oscillating wave phenomenon."
• New Map of Dark Matter Spanning 10 Million Galaxies Hints at a Flaw in Our Physics. "An invisible force is having an effect on our Universe. We can't see it, and we can't detect it - but we can observe how it interacts gravitationally with the things we can see and detect, such as light."