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why a missing higgs boson won’t derail physics
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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.

making quark-gluon soup with an atom smasher
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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.

strange matter, doomsday and you
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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.

the micro black hole dilemma, revisited
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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.

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