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April 30th to May 1st 2007
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TUESDAY May 8 Particle collision 
Dear Jonathan,I'm worried. In November, scientists in Switzerland will turn on a 'Large Hadron Collider'. They blithely admit that, during the course of the ten-year experiment, there's a 1 in 50,000,000 chance of a particle collision so powerful that it destroys our entire solar system. Could this be the end of the world that the Mayans foresaw all those years ago? Douglas
Dear Douglas, Photo: An engineer leans on a magnet in the 27km-long tunnel that will house the Large Hadron Collider (Image: Cern/Maximilien Brice) |
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WEDNESDAY May 9 Time and space... 
I recently made light of the idea that the world is about to enter a 'fifth dimension'. Since then, I have been thinking. Jupiter is bigger and brighter than Venus but also much further away. You can't see that from here, though, because, while space is 3D, we are are effectively watching it on a flat screen. And what about the stars that have burned out by the time their light reaches us? We can't see 'Time, the fourth dimension,' either. But at least we now acknowledge the existence of such invisible factors. Perhaps we will yet discover more.
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THURSDAY May 10 Moving pictures 
Films are in 2D. That's why film-makers often use painted house fronts with no back walls. They know that our minds will assume depth and perspective. They know we will also assume that events in a movie are happening now, even though they were filmed long ago. We don't always judge time or space correctly. So IS there a 'fifth dimension' that we also overlook? In a movie it is probably the fact that the characters are just actors, pretending. And in life? Perhaps it is the fact that we are all just spirits, temporarily pretending to be human!
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FRIDAY May 11 2D or not 2D! Saturn's 'portal' 
Dear Jonathan,You recently wrote about how our view of space is a 2D image of a 3D world, I have been thinking, ever since, about those strange, seemingly permanent, hexagonal cloud shapes on Saturn. Remember, an onion would not look like a spheroid to someone living in a 2D world. They would simply see a series of concentric circles. Likewise, if we were to put a tetrahedron inside another tetrahedron, the view to someone with a 2D screen would be of concentric hexagons. Those clouds on Saturn could, in other words, be a multi-dimensional portal or vortex. Bill |
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SATURDAY May 12 Planets comment 
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn can all be seen in the sky this week. Venus, as almost always, starts off the evening, shortly after sunset. Jupiter and Saturn soon come out to join it, a little higher in the sky. You have to get up quite early, though, to see Mars rise over in the east. Traditionally, those who gaze on the power planet are blessed with some of its energy, so it may be worth making the effort! If you have sharp eyes and a good view of the horizon, you may also find that you can pick out Mercury in the west shortly after sunset, later this week. You stand an even greater chance of seeing Mercury next week.
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SUNDAY May 13 Planets comment
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn can all be seen in the sky this week. Venus, as almost always, starts off the evening, shortly after sunset. Jupiter and Saturn soon come out to join it, a little higher in the sky. You have to get up quite early, though, to see Mars rise over in the east. Traditionally, those who gaze on the power planet are blessed with some of its energy, so it may be worth making the effort! If you have sharp eyes and a good view of the horizon, you may also find that you can pick out Mercury in the west shortly after sunset, later this week. You stand an even greater chance of seeing Mercury next week.
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Like every other parent on the planet, I am deeply concerned about poor little Madeleine. I have been making astrological inquiries this weekend. So far, the charts confirm much of what already seems to be known but reveal little new that might be of use. I usually find that, when a horoscope appears unhelpful, it is because it relates to a situation that can turn on a sixpence in an instant. Whenever we face such circumstances, we also enter a realm where prayers and positive wishes can make a big difference. I'm sending all my love to all involved.
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