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Infinite in All Directions: From Copernicus to Clockwork, the Role of Math in Completeness

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/04/2017

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire‘s science newsletter....

Clockwork theory will have to face down a host of challenges before it can be declared a definitive success. Credit: gaborfejes/pixabay

New Math Technique Mops up Higgs Boson’s Mass Problem Like Clockwork

Vasudevan Mukunth 31/03/2017

At the Rencontres de Moriond, CERN physicists presented a...

Antimatter Breakthrough Sheds Light on Matter’s Shadowy Twin

Igor Bray 20/12/2016

One of the great mysteries of the universe is...

The surface of a natural graphite crystal. The graphene derived from such crystals exhibit interesting and unique topological properties. Credit: University of Exeter/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Scientists Shouldn’t Always Look for Utility in the Beauty of Shapes

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/10/2016

It’s not good to harp on applications in order...

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What is the Point of Theoretical Physics?

Alexander Lenz 07/10/2016

There's a good reason you should care about the...

Indu Likes Her Neutrinos Muon-Flavoured

Nandita Jayaraj 01/10/2016

Particle physicist D. Indumathi talks about how she became...

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LUX and LHC Haven’t Found the Particles They Were Looking for? No Problem

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/08/2016

Both the LHC and the LUX dark-matter experiment have...