Yesterday's XKCD
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:27 pmHah!
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fundamental_forces.png
Really, the weak nuclear force has always struck me as a little comical. I mean, it mediates leptonic radioactive decay... with the exchange of gigantic bosons that mass almost as much as an iron nucleus. You might as well send your neighbor a candygram via helicopter gunship.
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fundamental_forces.png
Really, the weak nuclear force has always struck me as a little comical. I mean, it mediates leptonic radioactive decay... with the exchange of gigantic bosons that mass almost as much as an iron nucleus. You might as well send your neighbor a candygram via helicopter gunship.