Extra Dimensions - PHD Animation

Physicists Daniel Whiteson and Jonathan Feng update us on life after finding the Higgs Boson (make sure you watch it in HD+fullscreen).
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CREDITS:

Animation by Jorge Cham
Physicists: Daniel Whiteson and Jonathan Feng
Produced in partnership with The University of California Irvine

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  Science & Technology

[missKay023]

isn't light actually a electromagnetic radiation, not a force?

[ShroudedSciuridae]

Silence fundie.

[NxyDolli]

I feel smarter just by watching this.

[James Ingalls]

Dude, as a Catholic I fell obliged to point out heaven is no a physical location... The Bible isn't a science book...

[Gary Ward]

they found heaven. Why ask any more questions there a book out about it!

[gazingazin]

why gravity is influenced by the extra dimensions while electromagnetic force doesnt???

[andrew batz]

question:

if what we are looking for is basically heavier versions of the same things, would it also make sense to look for lighter versions as well?

is it possible that we have these "heavier versions" as what we would consider the regular versions in that they interact with the extra dimensions, while there are lighter versions that fail to interact with these extra dimensions and thus have less mass (with the lighter versions not being usually observed variety)?

[BenC303]

The photon is the force carrier for the electromagnetic interaction. So technically, xXNoblePhatasmXx was correct.

When the light from the sun hits the Earth it has a momentum << than anything worth considering. So on a super small scale, the Earth would recoil, although, without doing any maths, I suspect it is not worth mentioning.

[zdubduke]

Loved it - it should be shown in physics classes all over. Hear that teachers?

[talkadidid]

Because the point is to show that gravity is weak compared to the other fundamental forces... Your example is silly, because you can also separate magnets with your fingers.

[Rywen]

You are wrong. Look up the strong/weak nuclear forces.