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Tantalizing Hints of Elusive Higgs Particle Announced
Two international teams of physicists have found subtle hints of what could be the Higgs boson, a particle whose...
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What If There Is No Higgs Boson?
The Large Hadron Collider finally has enough data to explore every nook and cranny where the elusive Higgs boson...
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Searching for Goldilocks
At least four times in the last few years, astronomers have announced they have found planets orbiting other stars...
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Can Physicists Crack the Big Puzzle?
In his new book, The Infinity Puzzle: Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe, Oxford physicist...
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Dark Matter Particles May Be Heavyweights After All
Dark matter is slowly running out of places to hide. Two new looks at the gamma-ray sky suggest that...
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Ultimate Guide to the Multiverse
Whether we are searching the cosmos or probing the subatomic realm, our most successful theories lead to the inescapable...
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Why the Higgs Boson Matters
From afar it may seem entirely disconnected from the real world, but the Higgs boson is much more integral...
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Neutrinos and Multiverses: A New Cosmology Beckons
The existing edifice of physics, built upon the twin foundations of general relativity and quantum mechanics, is clearly in...
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Which Alien Worlds Are Most Livable?
Astronomers have come up with a livability index for alien planets and moons, and the winners are … Titan...
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An Interview With Sherrilyn Roush
Sherrilyn Roush, an assistant professor of philosophy at Rice University, takes on the philosophy of science, epistemology, and metaphysics....