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In a rare show of unity in the Middle East, an advanced research centre to be shared by the troubled region has opened in Jordan.
Despite political tensions and rows, countries usually hostile to each other are jointly supporting the venture. Its name is Sesame - Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East. The facility hosts a synchrotron, a particle accelerator that acts as a powerful microscope.
Researchers including Iranians, Israelis and Palestinians - who would never normally meet - will now use the machine together.
Sesame is a play on the famous phrase "Open Sesame" and is meant to signal a new era of collaborative science.
Best wishes to Sesame!
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TOO BAD YOU CAN'T BUY a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin
real fast and freak everybody out.
-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @08:39AM (1 child)
I look forward to hearing all about the latest in Creation Science in the next few years from this institute. Some say God created the Universe in 7 days, while others say it was Allah. Which is it? The USA is getting left behind while it wastes time on mythical stories of so-called "global warming" and "environmental pollution". We need to fund our own centers of excellence to support the Christian side otherwise your grandkids will be speaking Arabic. Teach the controversy!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @09:08AM
We need to fund our own centers of excellence to support the Christian side [...]. Teach the controversy!
Isn't the whole point of those in not teaching the controversy?