21st Century "Conan" & Cast Walk the LA Black Carpet 4:11 August 12, 2011
21st Century "Conan" & Cast Walk the LA Black CarpetStars of the new "Conan" movie gathered in Hollywood for the film's premiere. Scott Edward reports.
2011年6月24日 星期五
Physicists Trap Antimatter for 16 Minutes; Cue Hoverboard Jokes
Man, they just never stop doing cool stuff at CERN! The latest bit of news from Europe's nuclear research organization is that a team at ALPHA, the Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus, has trapped 309 atoms of antimatter--specifically, antihydrogen--for 1000 seconds, or just under 17 minutes.
It's not the first time scientists have captured some amount of antimatter, but it's far and away the longest they've ever managed to hold onto it. The previous record was 172 milliseconds. The 16-minute capture is neat in its own right, but it's also got people talking about the next step: antigravity applications.
Beg pardon? Yes--it's speculated that antimatter may fall up instead of down. Thus far, we haven't been able to test the theory, because we've never been able to isolate a quantity of antimatter and put it in conditions where gravity could affect it. But this might happen before the end of the year, according to Alasdair Wilkins at io9.
What are the odds that antimatter actually falls up? "It's disappointingly likely that antimatter will fall 'down' just like regular matter," writes Evan Ackerman at the tech blog DVICE. But writers at Inhabit, Popular Science, and MIT's Technology Review seem agnostic on the question. In any case, it's an excuse for DVICE, Inhabit, and Take Part to run their best hoverboard shots from Back to the Future Part II. And we're not made of stone here at The Atlantic Wire, so here's that chase scene:
2011年3月19日 星期六
Learn Chinese in 5 Minutes
Learn Chinese in 5 Minutes Monday March 07th 2005, 2:44 pm
Filed under: Say What?
Filed under: Say What?
1) That’s not right ……………….. Sum Ting Wong
2) Are you harboring a fugitive?…. Hu Yu Hai Ding
3) See me ASAP…………………… Kum Hia Nao
4) Stupid Man …………………….. Dum Fuk
5) Small Horse ……………………. Tai Ni Po Ni
6) Did you go to the beach? ……. Wai Yu So Tan
7) I bumped into a coffee table … Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni
9) It’s very dark in here …………. Wao So Dim
10) I thought you were on a diet .. Wai Yu Mun Ching?
11) This is a tow away zone …….. No Pah King
12) What are you doing here …….. Wai Yu Kum Nao?
13) Staying out of sight ………….. Lei Ying Lo
14) He’s cleaning his automobile … Wa Shing Ka
15) Your body odor is offensive …. Yu Stin Ki Pu
16) Great ……………………………. Fa Kin Su Pah
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