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The Early Universe Was Like Chocolate Syrup?

posted by Dopefish on Monday February 24 2014, @08:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the my-stomach-is-too-small-to-eat-all-that dept.

Covalent writes "Scientists suggest that the early universe could be better understood by considering its viscosity which, as it turns out, was similar to that of chocolate syrup. Researchers claim to be able to use this approach (along with as yet unavailable measurements) to determine precisely how inflation took place in the instants after the Big Bang.

Green cheese, the Milky Way... Now chocolate syrup. The universe is a complicated but delicious place!"

 
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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by nightsky30 on Monday February 24 2014, @09:08AM

    by nightsky30 (1818) on Monday February 24 2014, @09:08AM (#5770)

    I don't disagree with you, but if you truly care how this site develops perhaps you would care to register an account? :)

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  • (Score: -1) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2014, @09:20AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2014, @09:20AM (#5777)

    This. Mod parent up!

    • (Score: 2) by drgibbon on Monday February 24 2014, @09:24AM

      by drgibbon (74) on Monday February 24 2014, @09:24AM (#5780) Journal

      that.

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    • (Score: 1) by dotdotdot on Monday February 24 2014, @09:50AM

      by dotdotdot (858) on Monday February 24 2014, @09:50AM (#5795)

      Initiate "What is irony?" debate in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

      • (Score: 3, Funny) by Thexalon on Monday February 24 2014, @10:45AM

        by Thexalon (636) on Monday February 24 2014, @10:45AM (#5825) Homepage

        I'll start: Steel is pretty irony.

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      • (Score: 2) by VLM on Monday February 24 2014, @01:42PM

        by VLM (445) on Monday February 24 2014, @01:42PM (#5983)

        The irony is we're debating irony in an astrophysics / cosmology article.

        These are the kind of scientists that think its funny to talk about the "Metallicity" of something maybe showing neon spectrum lines and no actual metal spectrum lines at all. Given that, I don't think you'll get a straight answer for irony outta those types.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallicity [wikipedia.org]

        • (Score: 2, Funny) by Istaera on Monday February 24 2014, @06:17PM

          by Istaera (113) on Monday February 24 2014, @06:17PM (#6242)

          What? But Neon must be a metal, it's neither Hydrogen nor Helium!

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