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CERN Wants to Build a Bigger, Badder Particle Collider

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The proposed collider would dwarf the existing Large Hadron Collider. But is the $22 billion price tag worth it?

What Is Force? Learn About 4 Fundamental Forces of Nature

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Four fundamental forces of nature are behind all that we do, from falling down to orbiting the sun. Learn about the four fundamental forces of nature.

Scientists Prove Schrodinger's Cat Can Be in Two Places at Once

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A bunch of Yale physicists decided to give Schrodinger's cat not one but two boxes. And that, strangely enough, could eventually prove handy for quantum computing.

The Ultimate Thermometer Quiz

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Thermometers are used to measure the temperature of all sorts of things, from a fever to the heat in an oven to the weather. Various thermometers exist with various scales for temperature measurement. Take this quiz to see how much you know about thermometers.

How Quantum Suicide Works

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A man has a gun. But this is no ordinary man, and this is no ordinary gun. This isn't a setup for a sci-fi thriller. It's the premise for quantum suicide.

Has a surfer discovered the theory of everything?

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The theory of everything seeks to explain the workings of every single aspect in the universe. Learn more about A. Garrett Lisi's theory of everything.

What Exactly Is the Higgs Boson?

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Who wants to reduce our complicated universe down to its simplest building blocks? A bunch of particle physicists, that's who. Why is the Higgs boson critical to that goal?

5 Discoveries Made by the Large Hadron Collider (So Far)

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The Large Hadron Collider isn't just a one-trick (Higgs) pony. Find out what else has happened where hundreds of millions of particles may collide any given second.

Quarks Are the Building Blocks of All Matter

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Protons and neutrons, the particles that form the nuclei of atoms, are themselves made up of even smaller particles known as quarks.

Should I be afraid of strange matter?

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Strange matter is unlike any earthly matter ; for one, it's heavier than our matter. Learn what else makes strange matter so inarguably weird.

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