# Speaking of WIMPs...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-wimps/1580>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 20, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-wimps/1580 "2000-02-20T21:23:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kupek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90db22/32.png) [@Kupek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kupek)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-wimps/1580/1 "2000-02-20T21:23:00Z")

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Mailbag [here](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmissingmatt.html#update).

The timeliness of this mailbag answer is rather uncanny, considering that a team of scientists thinks they have found real evidence of the existance of WIMPs. New York Times has an [article](http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/021900sci-dark-matter.html) on it (free registration required).

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