RE: [FT] Strange Forces

I heard a program (Talk of the Nation, Science Friday?) that was
discussing
the finding that the universe is not slowing down as it expands; it is
actually gaining velocity. IIRC, this was evidenced by comparing the
amount
of red-shift between objects over a set of standard intervals. The
amount of
shift was increasing with each measurement.

One theory proposed was that vaccum actually produced a repulsive force
(much weaker than gravity). Kind of strange thinking of something
comming
from nothing (but string theory is strange anyway)!

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Brian Bell
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Crimmins [mailto:johncrim@voicenet.com]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 19:44
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: [FT] Strange Forces

I don't know if this has an FT applications, but it's certainly food for

thought....

http://www.washtimes.com/world/20020211-67166412.htm

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John Crimmins
johncrim@voicenet.com