  Two recent findings necessitate a closer look at the existing standard models
of Particle Physics and Cosmology. These are the discovery of Neutrino
oscillation, and hence a non zero mass on the one hand and, on the other,
observations of distant supernovae which indicate that contrary to popular
belief, the universe would continue to expand for ever, possibly accelerating
in the process. In this paper it is pointed out that relatively recent studies
which indicate a stochastic, quantum vacuum underpinning and a fractal
structure for space time, reconcile both of the recent observations,
harmoniously.
