BIG Questions – Page 101

Beyond Higgs: on Supersymmetry (or Lack Thereof)
By the Editor on June 21, 2012
With the search for the Higgs boson, the last missing piece of the Standard Model of particle physics, apparently...
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Bizarre Alien Planets Get Cozy With Each Other
By the Editor on June 21, 2012
A duo of planets some 1,200 light years from earth have been spotted passing within 1.2 million miles of...
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A Fortnight of Facts About Religious Liberty
By the Editor on June 21, 2012
A ‘set-the-record-straight’ post from the Washington Post’s Figuring Faith blog: U.S. Catholic bishops have launched the “Fortnight for Freedom,”...
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Killings of Environmentalists Appear to Be on the Rise
By the Editor on June 21, 2012
Around the world, sticking up for the environment can be deadly, and it appears to be getting deadlier. People...
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A Windy Early Universe
By the Editor on June 21, 2012
The early universe was a vastly different place from the one we see today. No stars burned in faraway...
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Probe Reveals Ice Content of Moon’s Shackleton Crater
By the Editor on June 21, 2012
Up to 22 percent of the surfaces of Shackleton Crater, located near the moon’s south pole, may be water...
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Physics Community Afire With Rumors of Higgs Boson Discovery
By the Editor on June 20, 2012
One of the biggest debuts in the science world could happen in a matter of weeks: The Higgs boson...
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Tending the Body’s Microbial Garden
By the Editor on June 20, 2012
For a century, doctors have waged war against bacteria, using antibiotics as their weapons. But that relationship is changing...
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Once-Green Sahara Hosted Early African Dairy Farms
By the Editor on June 20, 2012
The sandy dunes of the Sahara may seem an unlikely place for a dairy farm, but about 7,000 years...
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Rudimentary Liver Grown in vitro
By the Editor on June 20, 2012
Japanese scientists have used induced stem cells to create a liver-like tissue in a dish. Although they have yet...
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