#subatomic particles


# science    

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

hold on to your protons. this could be huge…

Protons might be a little smaller than we thought, and that means we may need to rewrite a lot of the rules we thought we understood about the quantum world.
hold on to your protons. this could be huge…

a proton here, a proton there…

The heavier your atoms are, they faster they decay. But why? There's a reason why the more protons you add to a nucleus, the harder it is to keep the atom together.
a proton here, a proton there…

# science    

when national geographic imitates the onion

Quantum physics are weird, but they're probably not fill-the-universe-with-galaxy-group-sized-subatomic-particles weird...
when national geographic imitates the onion