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A Blip That Speaks of Our Place in the Universe
It is natural for those not deeply involved in the half-century quest for the Higgs Boson – one of...
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Why “Big Science” Is Worth the Cost
Physicists at CERN delivered big news when they announced the almost certain discovery of the Higgs boson — the...
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“It’s a Boson:” Higgs Quest Bears New Particle
Scientists at Europe’s CERN research centre have found a new subatomic particle, a basic building block of the universe,...
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Could LHC Discover Particle Behind Both Mass and Cosmic Inflation?
Within a sliver of a second after it was born, our universe expanded staggeringly in size, by a factor...
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Ancient Text Gives Clue to Mysterious Radiation Spike
Eighth-century jump in carbon-14 levels in trees could be explained by "red crucifix" supernova.
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Scientists Recreate Matter Flooding Universe Moments After Big Bang
Scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have carried out an experiment that has recreated a form of matter that...
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Euclid Mission to Probe Universe’s Darkest Secrets Approved
The first-ever mission dedicated to looking for dark matter and dark energy, two mysterious entities believed to explain the...
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Missing Neutrons May Be Visiting Parallel Universe
Neutrons may be traveling from our universe into parallel worlds and back again, according to a new theory that...
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Leakey: Evolution Debate Will Soon Be History
Noted paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey says scientific discoveries may soon make the debate over evolution a part of history. The...
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Does Every Black Hole Contain a New Universe?
Successful as it is, there are notable unsolved questions with the standard big bang theory, which suggests that the...