The BBC reports (March 31, not April 1) on findings that neutrinos have mass! If correct (the data seem to be at the edge of our ability to measure) then that is double plus ungood for the Standard Model, helpfully summarized by the BBC in this little chart:
In other science news, evidence that cell phones do cause cancer.
True, but the situation is (as usual) murkier than one would wish .
Michael,
That cell phone “study” is pretty slight. It does not present evidence that cell phones cause cancer. It presents evidence that among people with brain cancer some people used cell phones. We can derive only slight correlation and no causation from the data.
Panic-driven pseudoscience is bad for everyone.
Siva
Here’s the key finding:
WIthout knowing what proportion of the population are “high users,” and whether “high users” share characteristics more likely to lead to brain tumors (e.g., high users have a fondness for uranium), I don’t see what this study proves.