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June 2013
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June 7, 2013contest: Winner: Cinderella’s convertible carriageReader Emily Conover wins symmetry’s latest contest with her fairy-tale description of neutrino oscillation.
May 2013
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May 10, 2013contest: Symmetry challenge: Neutrino oscillation analogySymmetry is on the hunt for the best analogy to describe neutrino oscillation, the process by which a neutrino changes from one flavor to the next.
August 2012
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August 2, 2012contest: Symmetry readers find the Higgs bosonScientists at the Large Hadron Collider weren’t the only ones to discover a Higgs-like particle. When we asked symmetry breaking readers to send us their own evidence of a Higgs boson, they sent a massive outpouring of creative candidates.
February 2012
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February 14, 2012contest: My entangled heartReaders who submitted to our "My Physical Romance” readers' challenge found love through physics and, sometimes, physics through love. But in all scenarios, they show the passion that physics can inspire.
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February 7, 2012contest: Reader challenge: My physical romanceBefore next week’s holiday, we at Symmetry Breaking want to know about your affair with physics. Send us a love letter (or “Dear John” letter) about your research, a playful pun about a physical concept, or a story about a connection you’ve made with a fellow scientist. Post your comments here or send them to scharley@fnal.gov. We will publish our favorites on Feb. 14.
September 2008
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September 1, 2008contest: The symmetry challenge: Physics on a napkinWe've all heard the stories of great ideas first scribbled down in a bar on any convenient surface, often a cocktail napkin.
August 2008
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August 1, 2008contest: Contest results: Oh, the places your symmetry went!In August 2007, we asked readers to send photos of places their copies of symmetry have been. Here are three letters with photographic evidence of the magazine's travels.
September 2007
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September 1, 2007contest: RESULTS! The particles of our readers’ imaginationsWe asked you to use Roz Chast’s cover of the May issue of symmetry as inspiration to go beyond the elementary particles already discovered or theorized and tell us about the particles of your dreams. The dozens of responses were clever, funny, and insightful.
August 2007
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August 1, 2007contest: Particle sudoku: SolutionDid you find last month's sudoku tough? Word from our readers is that the puzzle in the Jun/Jul 07 issue of symmetry was much more difficult than a regular sudoku.
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August 1, 2007contest: Contest: Where has your symmetry been?Our readers live in all parts of the globe, from Alaska to Wyoming; from Argentina to Zimbabwe. But when a copy of symmetry lands in a mailbox, that's often not the end of its journey. We have heard stories of symmetry being read in some quite surprising places, including hiking trails and nude beaches.
July 2007
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July 1, 2007contest: Call to action: Help us compile a physics life listBird watchers have life lists of sightings. We think fans of particle physics need a checklist of their own, full of not-to-be missed places, experiences, and artifacts.
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July 1, 2007contest: Particle sudokuSudoku is so 2005, but this logic puzzle still has plenty of fans. Invented in 1979 by an American, the puzzle really took off in Japan. In the years since, it has distracted aficionados daily, appearing in the pages of newspapers worldwide alongside the traditional crossword puzzle.
May 2007
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May 1, 2007contest: Name that particleCartoonist Roz Chast has busted the field of particle physics wide open with her pioneering cover for this issue of symmetry. We say it's about time: Why limit ourselves to the same old list of particles that have actually been discovered, or at least properly theorized? So here's the challenge: Invent an elementary particle.
October 2005
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October 1, 2005contest: SLAC Summer Institute: Relativity contestThis year, the SLAC Summer Institute, a two-week-long series of physics lectures for young scientists, focused on gravity and Einstein's theories of relativity. Even though there has never been any observation that violates special or general relativity, many physicists believe that Einstein's theories are not the final word. Hence a contest among participants of the Summer Institute asked for answers to the question above.
