New Scientist: 13 things that do not make sense
New Scientist has an article on their website listing 13 things that do not make sense. Included in this list are things like:
- The placebo affect
- Dark Matter
- Tetraneutrons
- Dark energy
- Cold fusion
The article is very well written. It outlines the problem that each thing represents to science and our understanding of the universe and it outlines the scientic principles that are being broken by each problem. And it does all of this in a very easy to understand manner that anyone with a bit of scientific understanding will be able to comprehend.
I liked the article becuase it shows how much we humans do not understand about the universe and the world around us. The article shows that there are still a lot of mysteries left in the universe. We live in an age where we believe that science has everything figured out and this article shows that it does not. The reality is that we are a long ways away from real understanding on a lot of subjects.