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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 13, 2021
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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CERN: New exotic particle, tetraquark, discovered

Denyse O'Leary
August 13, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
CERN: The new particle contains two charm quarks and an up and a down antiquark. Several tetraquarks have been discovered in recent years (including one with two charm quarks and two charm antiquarks), but this is the first one that contains two charm quarks, without charm antiquarks to balance them. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 16, 2019
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Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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Hossenfelder: Now they are marketing non-discoveries as discoveries

Denyse O'Leary
March 16, 2019
Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
If Hossenfelder means that it won’t work scientifically, she is correct. But “won’t work” can be construed in other ways. In the age of the multiverse and "ET’s gotta be out there," it is quite possible for something that is entirely without evidence to retain a place as science. Thus, it should easily be possible for non-discoveries to be marketed as discoveries. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 15, 2019
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Climate change, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Should research funding agencies move resources away from particle physics to fighting climate change?

Denyse O'Leary
March 15, 2019
Climate change, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
You know particle physics is in serious trouble when the idea of just putting the money into climate change instead gets serious face time. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 8, 2019
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Sabine Hossenfelder: Is science harmed by an illusion of progress?

Denyse O'Leary
March 8, 2019
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Tellingly, Hossenfelder adds, “So here is the puzzle: Why can you not find any expert, besides me, willing to publicly voice criticism on particle physics? Hint: It’s not because there is nothing to criticize. ” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 24, 2019
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Cosmology, Culture, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Are we reaching fundamental limits on building large particle colliders?

Denyse O'Leary
January 24, 2019
Cosmology, Culture, Intelligent Design, Physics
Peter Woit doesn’t want to give up but he makes it clear that the options are narrow and expensive. Perhaps we are entering a period of decline when cosmology is about the multiverse rather than the Higgs boson. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 21, 2019
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics, Religion
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Particle physicist: Please quit calling the Higgs boson “the God particle”!

Denyse O'Leary
January 21, 2019
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics, Religion
As a matter of fact, we don’t often hear the Higgs called the “God particle” now that it’s been clearly identified and given Peter Higgs’s name. That was more common before. It’s almost like something else is bothering Dorigo but we won’t speculate. Read More ›