Not The UC Davis Particle Theory Page

for the Davis Particle Theory Page click here!

Physics:		other services:
SPIRES or the arXiv	hep-ph, th, or ex	Well Known Canadians
hep summary	jobs and hiring	Google, Yahoo
seminar calendar	seminar archive	WebMail
More Physics stuff	HEFTI	current weather map

BBC
Conservative MP Daniel Poulter defects to Labour: The doctor told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he could no longer look NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay as a Conservative.
Video shows US and Israeli hostages alive in Gaza: Keith Siegel and Omri Miran are shown in undated footage released by the armed wing of Hamas.
Yousaf reaches out to opponents ahead of no confidence votes: The first minister's appeal to find "common ground" is rejected by the Scottish Conservatives as "humiliating and embarrassing".
Kuenssberg: SNP in meltdown, and what happens next matters across the UK: This "OMG" moment for Humza Yousaf is latest in a long line of nasty surprises for a party that has been in decline.

CBC
B.C. man captures video of 2 bear cubs waking from winter slumber:

Serge Wolf set up a trail cam near suspected den in hopes of witnessing spring wake-up in Prince George, B.C.

You must be this sober to ride e-scooters in Ottawa:

E-scooters are making their return to Ottawa with new rules and regulations. The biggest changes are that the season is starting three weeks earlier than last year, the hours have been adjusted and there will be 300 more vehicles available to use. 

Mind the generation gap in Calgary's debate over zoning and townhouses:

The distinction between neighbourhood infill supporters and critics was so stark that one speaker wanted to "break the stereotype that every boomer is opposed to rezoning."

New York Times Science
Ancient Female Ballplayer from Huasteca Region on Exhibit: The statue will be part of “Ancient Huasteca Women: Goddesses, Warriors and Governors” at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.

100 Pilot Whales Are Rescued After Mass Stranding in Australia: Of the 160 whales stranded near the town of Dunsborough on Thursday morning, more than 100 were returned to the ocean. Twenty-nine others, however, died on the beach.

Exploring Atomic Bomb History Beyond Los Alamos: The Atomic Museum in Las Vegas explains to visitors that Nevada and other states also played a role — for better or worse — in the creation of nuclear energy.

How do Cicadas Know When to Come Out? : Scientists are making computer models to better understand how the mysterious insects emerge collectively after more than a decade underground.

A Megaraptor Emerges From Footprint Fossils, Study Suggests: A series of foot tracks in southeastern China points to the discovery of a giant velociraptor relative, paleontologists suggest in a new study.


Visualizing Science

The oldest known human art is also the oldest known human attempt to record Nature.  This painting is 34,000 years old and was found in the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, which is the subject of Werner Herzog’s film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Herzog used a 3D camera to capture how the shapes of the walls were incorporated into the paintings.

Particle Physics Jobs Rumor Mill current

This site is maintained by: John Terning