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what alcohol can tell us about the fate of the universe

Alcohol isn't just the cause of and answer to most of life's problems, it also tells us something fundamental about the nature of all matter.
what alcohol can tell us about the fate of the universe

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why yes virginia, there is a higgs boson

The existence of the Higgs boson has been confirmed and the Standard Model is upheld yet again. Now what?
why yes virginia, there is a higgs boson

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are neutrino beams the wi-fi of the future?

Can we improve the throughput of a wi-fi signal with neutrinos instead of radio signals? A team of researchers thinks so.
are neutrino beams the wi-fi of the future?

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why a missing higgs boson won't derail physics

It would be amazing for the LHC to find the Higgs boson. It would be even more interesting if it doesn't.
why a missing higgs boson won't derail physics

making quark-gluon soup with an atom smasher

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider may have reached temperatures at which matter itself begins to melt, and found a peek at new insights into the future of computing.
making quark-gluon soup with an atom smasher

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strange matter, doomsday and you

A supercollider-induced doomsday has been cancelled for the same reason as the previous one, and the one before that.
strange matter, doomsday and you

the micro black hole dilemma, revisited

The jury is still out on whether the Large Hadron Collider can create a micro black hole and whether it can live long enough to be detected.
the micro black hole dilemma, revisited

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