The Continuing Relevance of '80s Physics: Exploring Connections to the Universe

In summary, the conversation discusses an article by John Cramer and the outdated references in it. They mention that the topic is mentioned in the World of Physics and question the current state and possible connections to the accelerating expansion of the universe. The conversation also mentions the search for a fifth force and the curious velocity-dependent behavior of Kaons, which was never detected and eventually faded from attention.
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I was reading this article by John Cramer (those are usually pretty out there) and I noticed that the references (and probably the article itself) are from the '80s. I then found that this stuff is mentioned in the World of Physics. So what's the state of this idea today? Any possible connection to the accelerating expansion of the universe? Or any other interesting tidbits?
 
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They looked for that fifth force for a long time. You used to see pictures in mags like Science News showing people with instruments by some cliff, trying to detect it. They never did, and it sank out of the radar. I don't know what ever happened about the curious velocity-dependent behavior of Kaons.
 

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