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Science Fact of the Day August 26, 2009

Posted by spatialrift47 in SFoTD.
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There exists a particle called the neutrino which interacts very little with other matter. There are about 60 trillion neutrinos passing through your body per second, every second of every day. (Most of them come from the Sun.)

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1. VeraS - August 26, 2009

I like the Terry Pratchett version better, where they’re particles of inspiration. ;)

spatialrift47 - August 27, 2009

Their sheer ephemerality ought to inspire us to something. What, I’m not sure, but something.

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spatialrift47 - August 27, 2009

I’ll take two.