Phil, over at The Bad Astronomer, discusses some of the recent evidence to support the existence of Dark Matter in the universe. Pretty pictures, too.
Dark Matter
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There was marvelous picture in the paper today from the Hubble Space Telescope of the ‘ring of dark matter’ and a wonderful panorama of space.
In answer to your comment on my blog – the reason I don’t is this:
The kids would go home and tell their parents, who would write a letter complaining that I was telling their kids that there their eduction was a waste of time, the kids would use it as an excuse to do less, and I would be reprimanded. Such is the straight jacket today. Believe me. There’s a kid here that destroys every lesson she is in, and two teachers have refused to teach her any more. The parent’s response? To write a letter bringing a ‘charge’ against said members of staff for ‘picking on’ their little sweet. My cousin, who also teaches, was punched in the face by a father who didn’t like his son being reprimanded for sticking his hand up a female teacher’s skirt. Depressing indeed. -
Gelert, I sympathise, and it’s easy enough for me to say, but I wish that people would stand up to the parents that wrote the letter or the father that punched your cousin. While we don’t, we just encourage more of that behaviour. But, as I say, it’s easy for me to pontificate. I don’t live in that situation any more.
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