Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-05-28]: A research from Imperial College London scientists shows that electron is almost perfectly spherical [source: BBC News]. The shape of the electron is important to find out if suppersymmetry exists or not. But wait a minute... You said that they are searching for the shape of the electron? But, haven't they seen it? No? But then how... Well, Mach would be very happy hearing this...(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective...
