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In physics, failure brings almost as much excitement as success

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Scientists have used the Standard Model of particle physics since the 1970s. The model has explained and predicted many properties of our universe. But scientists know other particles exist that will fill in the gaps in our current understanding. Finding them is one of the great challenges of this century.

Tantalizing indications, but no proof, of existence of Higgs boson — ‘God particle’

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Higgs Boson Song Composed From Research Data

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Lisa Randall: Knocking on Heaven’s Door

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Have Scientists at CERN Discovered the Elusive Higgs Boson?

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Hadron Collider smashes its first atoms

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When the Large Hadron Collider started smashing particles yesterday, scientists came closer to testing theories that predict what matter and energy look like in extreme states. Could this lead to a breakthroughs in our understanding of the physical world?

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Large Hadron Collider to go offline as CERN investigates coolant leak

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After its big debut two weeks ago, the atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider is offline and physics’ Great Experiment is on hold. Guest: Dennis Overbye, New York Times science reporter

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The 10 most beautiful physics experiments

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The Takeaway looks back at this simpler side of science with Robert P. Crease, the author of “The Prism and the Pendulum: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments in Science.”

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Kate McAlpine writes Large Hadron Collider Rap

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Some people learn science from books, and physics from looking at traces of tiny particles … or, for the general public, you can just hook up your iPod. Kate McAlpine penned the ‘Large Hadron Rap’ months ago, and it’s gotten 1.6 million views since hitting Youtube. McAlpine talks physics with the Takeaway from Geneva, Switzerland.

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Protons begin circling as Large Hadron Collider switches on

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On its first day of operation, scientists circulated a beam of protons around the Large Hadron Collider’s 27 km tunnel. Eventually, scientists will introduce another beam traveling in the opposite direction, both traveling close to the speed of light. What happens when the two beams collide?