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Tech News9 Conspiracy Theories We Wish QAnon People Would Obsess Over Instead
QAnon is, unfortunately, one of the most popular conspiracy theories in town these days. But let’s not forget that there are conspiracy theories that are way more interesting and far less of a threat to American democracy. For those unaware, QAnon is a conspiracy theory that, in general, claims we are governed by Satan-worshipping pedophiles—which … Continued
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Tech NewsHow the 2010s Changed Physics Forever
This decade marked not just one but a series of turning points in the history of physics. The 2010s were an incredible decade for new knowledge, but more importantly, this decade’s discoveries—and the resounding lack thereof—have changed the way physicists think about their respective fields. Particle physics and astrophysics have entered new eras that will … Continued
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SciencePhysics & ChemistryThe Large Hadron Collider Turns 10: Here’s What’s Next for Particle Physics
September 10 marked the 10th anniversary of when the Large Hadron Collider first powered on. Since it’s already achieved its most well-known goal—to discover the Higgs boson—you might wonder what else is happening at the famous collider. The Large Hadron Collider, located in Geneva, Switzerland, is the world’s largest scientific apparatus. It’s a pair of intersecting … Continued
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SciencePhysics & ChemistryNew Higgs Boson Discovery Could Help Solve Cosmic Puzzle
Scientists can’t take pictures of the Higgs boson. But they can find proof of its existence by watching “E=mc2” play out in hundreds of millions of particle collisions per second and detecting how it decays into other particles they do know how to spot. Now, six years after officially discovering the Higgs boson, particle physicists … Continued
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SciencePhysics & Chemistry
The Universe Is Not in Danger of Ending From a Higgs Boson Vacuum Bubble
There are few easier ways to get people to read your website than to scare them. That’s how we ended up with the media frenzy surrounding Tiangong-1, and it’s why InfoWars continues to exist. It’s also how we’ve ended up with folks telling you the universe is due to end. Heck, we’re guilty ourselves. Our … Continued
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SciencePhysics & Chemistry
Could Higgs Bosons and Primordial Black Holes Explain Dark Matter?
Without an actual discovery, it can be difficult to convince us laypeople that there’s really such a thing as “dark matter.” It seems to interact with our universe solely through gravity, and no experiment has detected it here on Earth yet. So what if there’s an explanation to what’s causing the dark matter’s effects using … Continued
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And Now, The Higgs Boson Discovery Played As Heavy Metal Music
Particle physicist and musician Piotr Traczyk has taken data plots from the historic discovery of the Higgs boson and converted it into music that can be played by two guitars. Heavy metal guitars, to be more precise. The result is as nerdy as it is excellent. To convert the discovery of the Higgs boson into … Continued
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Tevatron Reveals Higgs Boson Properties—4 Years After Shutting Down
The Tevatron collider—the world’s second most powerful particle accelerator—was shut down in 2011. Now, from beyond the grave, it’s revealing properties of the Higgs boson. The American accelerator, situated at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, ran from 1983 until 2011. During that time, it showed teasing glimpses of the Higgs, but ultimately it was the Large … Continued
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How Close Was The Simpsons To Figuring Out the Mass of the Higgs Boson?
Given the time it happened and, you know, that he’s a cartoon, the answer is that Homer Simpson did come pretty close to figuring out the mass of the Higgs Boson before scientists did. Screencap from Springfield! Springfield! This is from the episode “The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace,” which aired on September 20, 1998. The … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHow the Higgs boson made reality possible and how it can destroy it all
After explaining why pure scientific research is crucial for the advancement of humanity at all levels, David Kaplan tell us why the Higgs boson is so important to our very own existence and the survival of the entire Universe in very simple way. We now think that the Higgs boson may be there—but the discovery … Continued
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Tech NewsHere’s What the Higgs Boson Sounds Like When Scientist-Musicians Play It
Data can translate to music, too. So for CERN’s 60th birthday, a group of physicists got together to play music based on sonification data taken from the Swiss lab’s for detectors. And it’s beautiful! We’ve seen the Higgs Boson in musical form before, but it’s even better when played by a full chamber. CERN says … Continued
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Why The Higgs Boson Should Have Crushed the Universe
This may seem a little far fetched — but if our understanding of the physics behind the recently-discovered Higgs boson is correct, our universe shouldn’t exist. It’s funny when two seemingly distant theories conspire to destroy the universe. You may have heard about the controversy surrounding a certain telescope located near the South Pole. The … Continued
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Higgs Boson Mug Serves Up Two Scoops of Science With Your Coffee
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but why just feed your body after you’ve rolled out of bed in the morning? Feed your mind, too, with ThinkGeek’s heat-sensitive color-changing Higgs Boson mug which enlightens you with details about the Large Hadron Collider and what it’s hunting for. At all times … Continued
