In a fit of whimsy, New Scientist has published an article comparing various cosmological models to similarly-shaped snack food. Expect the Intelligent Design guys to work a “god had the munchies” angle into their arguments.<\/p>\n
One possibility is that space is curved like a Pringle. At the centre of a Pringle, the surface curves up and down at the same time (see diagram). In theory, every point in our universe could be like that \u2013 in mathematical language, space could be negatively curved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Link<\/a> (via The Daily Grail<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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