The hunt for "Dark Matter" - Fascinating!

[Uncle Gizmo]

I just read this article on using atomic clocks to ferret out the range where dark matter might hide:-

Precision metrology closes in on dark matter

Optical clocks are so accurate that it would take an estimated 20 billion years—longer than the age of the universe—to lose or gain a second. Now, researchers in the U.S. led by Jun Ye's group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado have exploited the...

phys.org

I posted it here because it's one of the easiest to understand technological advances that I've read for some time.

Usually when I read articles on the latest cutting-edge science, I find most of it goes right over my head, but I could sort of understand the science behind this in my amateurish way.

 

[Vassago]

The fact that we have effectively created black holes on Earth and that it would take only a slightly larger one to destroy our planet means we are slowly, if not faster, creeping to our demise. There are some things I wish they would leave alone.