And now we have a claim for the first ever evidence of a direct detection signal. CDMS in the Soudan mine has released evidence that they have seen two events consistent with dark matter recoiling off the target material in their detector. There's still a sizable chance that these are just chance events (23% is their number for the chance that this is nothing) so no-ones claiming an actual discovery yet - despite what all the news sources are saying. We need more time and a bit of a technical upgrade to turn that suggestion into solid evidence. But, nonetheless, it looks like we're finally drawing the curtain back.

If this is an actual signal then it rules out one of my papers. That's pretty exciting.