Physicists from all over the world are racing to prove the existence of a particle that's surmised to be at the heart of the matter. Literally. Dubbed the "God particle" by Nobel Prize-winning ...

“A Higgs Boson walks into a church. The priest says, "We don't allow Higgs-Bosons in here." The Higgs Boson says "But without me how can you have mass?" If you were following the news last October, ...

The father of a theoretical subatomic particle dubbed "the God particle" says he's almost sure it will be confirmed in the next year in a race between powerful research equipment in the United States ...

In 1991 a single atomic nucleus slammed into our atmosphere with the intensity of a macroscopic object. PBS Space Time is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, ...

The existence of the Higgs boson completes the standard model of particle physics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On April 8, ...

"We don't call it the 'God particle', it's just the media that do that," a senior U.S. scientist politely told an interviewer on a major European radio station on Tuesday. "Well, I am the from the ...

For days, now, the Web has been sizzling with news that the long-sought Higgs boson — the particle that theorists think gives other particles their mass — might have been discovered at last. The Higgs ...

Early October, a 96-year old New Yorker of East European descendence passed away in a small northwest town. To those who don't know, he seems to be just a regular resident of a senior home. Except ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

The Greek philosopher Plato is well known for his allegories and metaphors. Of particular interest is his Allegory of the Cave, which appeared in The Republic, written around 380BCE. In it, Plato ...