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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
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Subject: Re: Re: Fifth force
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Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 15:58:45 EST
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In article <174@ulowell.UUCP> dobro@ulowell.UUCP (Chet Dobro) writes:
>>
>>         There was a recent article in the Los Angeles Times which said
>> a  fifth  force  had been discovered.  It is called hypercharge and is
>
>
>Does anyone have any more information on this?
>
        Yes, the newspapers jumped the gun a little bit, and
misrepresented the research as well. Someone has performed a
reanalysis of certain minor anomolies in some old experiments to
*suggest* that there *might* be a fifth force. Another author has
since asserted that the reanalysis is faulty and there is no basis for
postulating a fifth force.
--

                                Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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