This week we launched a campaign to keep the Internet #freeandopen, ahead of a
meeting of government agencies next week that could increase censorship and regulation of the
Internet. We believe that Internet policies should be discussed and decided by the people who
use it, not just governments. You can go to the site to learn more and
find out what you
can do. You can also watch Google Developers Live next Tue., Wed., and Thu. for live Hangouts
on this topic. Your opinion matters!
Speaking of matter, researchers are eyeing data from the Large Hadron Collider
for evidence of a new
form of matter that has been theorized to exist but never seen. The new matter is a
kind of gluon called color-glass
condensate. Scientists noted that some wacky particles unexpectedly showed quantum entanglement
when they traveled in the same direction after collisions. A new state of matter is a possible
explanation.
Finally, take a look at this video
of erupting lava from the Kilauea Volcano flowing into the ocean. You can also see a
webcam view of
the caldera, including some brave people watching from a safe distance. Maybe they’ll
wave!
Each
Friday on this blog we depart from the usual developer topics and present fun and
interesting stuff that’s not necessarily related to writing code. Sometimes we even veer into
an important topic, like the #freeandopen program mentioned in this post.
