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Higgs Boson Gives Next-Generation Particle Its Heft

Share this on WhatsApp In the periodic table, no element is more important than another one. But in the Standard Model—a theory that explains the smallest constituents of the universe and the forces that govern them, minus gravity—the Higgs boson is arguably central. Like other elementary bosons—such as photons, the particles of light—the Higgs is […]

Climate Change Increases Threat of Fire to U.S. West

Share this on WhatsApp Warming could scorch the region Credit: Bryan Christie Design Advertisement Editor’s Note (9/10/20): Wildfires are raging across California and many other parts of the U.S. West. Daytime skies over San Francisco are dark orange from the flames and smoke. A record number of acres have already burned in California, and the […]

Death, Sex and Aliens: A Surprising History of Slime

Share this on WhatsApp Slime: A Natural History by Susanne Wedlich Translated by Ayça Türkoğlu Melville House, 2023 ($27.99) In Slime: A Natural History, science journalist Susanne Wedlich preempts her readers’ repulsion. Although “we are all creatures of slime,” she writes on page 2, the mere mention of the name connotes images of sickness, death, […]