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08/01/08

The Iron Lady and the boson

I enjoyed seeing the confidential letter from CERN Director General Herwig Schopper to UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the Jan/Feb 08 issue of symmetry.

08/01/08

The Big Bang Theory

Jennifer Ouellette missed one major unfortunate connection to reality provided by the TV show The Big Bang Theory.

Curiouser and curiouser: a riddle at the ALICE detector

12/09/25

In 2023, the ALICE experiment was ready for their best year yet, until a mysterious signal threatened everything. As the LHC wraps up its 2025 lead-ion run, physicists recall how they worked together to solve the puzzle.