“…”The result is thrilling,”…”It might be an indicator that the universe is different from what we thought it to be.” [scientist] says he’s open to the idea that fundamental constants might actually change over time and position, as scientists don’t have a decent explanation for why the fundamental constants have their particular values anyway. Still, the huge claim that a constant changes demands weighty evidence—which the new data are not…They say the chances that random statistical fluctuations in the data could produce a fake signal as big are less than 1 in 15,000…” Full Slice

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