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09/15/20

The neutrino painter

In this stop-motion video, Symmetry writer Zack Savitsky imagines an artist whose supplies have taken on some of the properties of neutrinos.

04/14/20

The Large Kitchen Collider

In an imaginative short film, Symmetry writer Sarah Charley investigates the physics of vegetables.

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12/17/19

New physics, naughty and nice

Grab your cocoa or pumpkin spice—as today we examine what’s naughty and nice.

12/20/18

Lab Libs

Fill in the blanks for some physics fun.

Illustration of an anthropomorphized proton making a surprised face

12/04/18

LHC Noir

A proton describes its final moments in the Large Hadron Collider.

10/30/18

They did the smash – they did the Proton Smash

Add some science to your Halloween!

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A composer has given new life to an amplifier used within a historically significant particle accelerator.

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