German fails to prove atom-smasher will end world
A German woman fearing that Earth would be sucked into oblivion in a black hole failed on Tuesday in her court attempt to halt the world's most powerful atom-smasher.
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Mar 9, 2010
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Video preludes Higgs boson announcement
A video from Europe's CERN physics lab, apparently posted mistakenly on the eve of an announcement on the elusive "God Particle," reveals that a new subatomic particle has been observed in the relevant range.
General Physics
Jul 4, 2012
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Scientists planning next particle super collider to meet at UT Arlington
The University of Texas at Arlington will host hundreds of particle physicists from all over the world Oct. 22-26 for the International Workshop on Future Linear Colliders.
General Physics
Sep 14, 2012
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Belief in God strongest in US and Catholic countries, surveys find
International surveys about the depth of people's belief in God reveal vast differences among nations, ranging from 94 percent of people in the Philippines who said they always believed in God, compared to only 13 percent ...
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2012
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CERN's scientists bask in joy of 'God Particle' Nobel
Scientists at the lab which discovered the "God particle" popped champagne Tuesday, ecstatic over the Nobel Physics Prize award for its theoreticians Peter Higgs and Francois Englert.
General Physics
Oct 8, 2013
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Religiously motivated legislation has blocked freedom and democracy around the globe, finds study
A new major study documents that religiously motivated legislation has taken place in all types of societies and religions—to the detriment of democratic rights. The researchers behind the study also find that religion ...
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2023
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Linear collider gains key insights from Cornell physicists
The International Linear Collider (ILC), a global effort to build a particle accelerator that may unlock some of the universe's deepest mysteries, has received pivotal insights from Cornell physicists: They have designed ...
General Physics
Jul 4, 2013
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McCartney, 'God particle' scientist get honors
Stella McCartney, who designed the uniforms worn by Britain's record-smashing Olympic team, and Scottish physicist Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the so-called "God particle," are among the hundreds being honored by Queen ...
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Dec 29, 2012
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How punitive, omniscient gods may have encouraged the expansion of human society
For the bulk of our evolutionary history, human groups were small, tightly knit communities. Only quite recently, some human groups started evolving into the large-scale societies with vast interconnected trade networks we ...
Social Sciences
Feb 11, 2016
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Why Pakistan abandoned its Nobel laureate
The two-room bungalow, the birth place of Pakistan's only Nobel laureate, today stands empty, testament to the indifference, bigotry and prejudice surrounding the country's greatest scientist.
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Jul 30, 2012
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