CERN shuts down the Large Hadron Collider for a major transformation
The particle smasher famously enabled the discovery of the Higgs boson.
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Maya Bennett
816 STORIESMaya covers world affairs through cities, infrastructure, climate adaptation and the communities navigating change.
Plugged-in pickles glow. Science may explain why
The scientific party trick results from tiny blasts ignited by sparks, experiments suggest.
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Gluons may carry the proton’s baryon number, collision study suggests
A new study suggests gluons, not quarks, carry the proton’s baryon number. Data from nuclear collisions at RHIC matched a Y-shaped gluon junction better than the quark model, researchers report in Science, though physicists say the evidence is not yet definitive.
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Prime Video’s 84-Minute Gal Gadot Action Thriller Is Officially Taking Over the World
Prime Video's new 84-minute action thriller headlined by Gal Gadot is officially one of the biggest hits in the world. Read on for more.
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Prime Video to Remove Matt Damon’s Sci-Fi Masterpiece in 19 Days
Matt Damon’s sci-fi masterpiece from the creator of Project Hail Mary is officially being removed from Prime Video in just 19 days. Watch while you can.
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Spikes, claws and stingers have no single best shape
Cataloging nature’s pokey bits reveals a trade-off between durability and effective piercing, with no single winning shape.
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