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UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/288872/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/288872/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> An Entire Hidden Layer of Reality May Be Lurking Just Below the Standard Model of Physics <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DarkMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMatter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HadronCollider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HadronCollider</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ParticlePhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParticlePhysics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheStandardModel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheStandardModel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Holly<p>Quantum levitation isn't just a cool phenomenon, it's only possible when things are so cold that your material superconducts in a special (type II) way</p><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/quantum-levitation/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban</span><span class="invisible">g/quantum-levitation/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quantum</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/interesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interesting</span></a></p>
ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/mooseallain.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mooseallain.bsky.social</span></a></span> <br>Oops, I'd better feed my sub-atomic cat - he just lepton the table.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pedantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pedantic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParticlePhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParticlePhysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GellMann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GellMann</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HopeThisHelps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HopeThisHelps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lepton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lepton</span></a></p>
ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/mooseallain.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mooseallain.bsky.social</span></a></span> <br>Probably not, since according to Gell-Mann's own interpretation and pronunciation of Joyce's word, it actually refers to the sound of sea birds, so that would be rather confusing if ducks also quarked. (Especially if said sub-atomic ducks pronounced it correctly - i.e. rhyming with 'pork' and sounding similar to 'quart' (as in 'of beer')).<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pedantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pedantic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParticlePhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParticlePhysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GellMann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GellMann</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HopeThisHelps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HopeThisHelps</span></a></p>
ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<p>Remember how the mean life of the top quark is so short that it couldn't possibly form a bound state? Well, forget all that.<br>DESY and CERN now provide strong evidence for the existence of toponium:<br><a href="https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/newsroom/presse/2025/pm28.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uni-hamburg.de/en/newsroom/pre</span><span class="invisible">sse/2025/pm28.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toponium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toponium</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParticlePhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParticlePhysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/particle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DESY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DESY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CERN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CERN</span></a></p>
Holly<p>In fundamental physics, it's only the weak interactions that aren't the same forwards and backwards in time. We observed it directly in 2012, but another discovery, the Higgs boson, overshadowed it</p><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/laws-physics-not-time-symmetric/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban</span><span class="invisible">g/laws-physics-not-time-symmetric/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cool</span></a></p>
The Count of Krigsvold<p>Strange radio pulses detected beneath Antarctica are defying known physics—and scientists are searching for answers. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParticlePhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParticlePhysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MysterySignals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MysterySignals</span></a> <a href="https://newatlas.com/physics/mysterious-radio-pulses-beneath-antarctica-defy-rules-of-particle-physics/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newatlas.com/physics/mysteriou</span><span class="invisible">s-radio-pulses-beneath-antarctica-defy-rules-of-particle-physics/</span></a></p>
Canada News Beep<p>Quantum computers are on the edge of revealing new particle physics</p><p>Quantum computers can simulate the behaviour of high-energy particles Google Quantum AI, designed by Sayo Studio Quantum computers…<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/CA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CA</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/QuantumComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumComputing</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/11391/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/ca/11391/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Holly<p>Could the Big Bang that our Universe emerged from be related to a black hole's interior from a previous Universe? The idea is wild, but not necessarily crazy</p><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/our-universe-black-hole-interior/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban</span><span class="invisible">g/our-universe-black-hole-interior/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/interesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interesting</span></a></p>
Holly<p>It's been over 300 years since Newton's laws were first written down, and we've learned so much more in all the time since. So, why does F = ma remain such an important equation?</p><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/most-important-equation-physics/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban</span><span class="invisible">g/most-important-equation-physics/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/interesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interesting</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/267704/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/267704/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Large Hadron Collider glimpses clue in search for universe’s missing antimatter <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/antimatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antimatter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/atom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/baryon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>baryon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CERN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CERN</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LargeHadronCollider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LargeHadronCollider</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/matter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Neutron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neutron</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ParticlePhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParticlePhysics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proton</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Holly<p>The Universe is full of amazing facts, but the most amazing fact of all is that it exists in a way such that it can be understood </p><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/single-most-amazing-fact-universe/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban</span><span class="invisible">g/single-most-amazing-fact-universe/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cool</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/cern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cern</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/antimatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antimatter</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/existence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existence</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-07-17/cern-lhc-antimatter-asymmetry-observation-particle-physics/105533084" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/science/2025-0</span><span class="invisible">7-17/cern-lhc-antimatter-asymmetry-observation-particle-physics/105533084</span></a></p>
Freya Blekman<p>First <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/toponium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toponium</span></a> articles are appearing, including this great one by Senne Starckx in De Standaard <a href="https://www.standaard.be/natuur-en-wetenschap/materiedeeltje-leeft-ultrakort-maar-toch-lang-genoeg-om-partner-te-vinden-en-toponium-te-vormen/77648213.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">standaard.be/natuur-en-wetensc</span><span class="invisible">hap/materiedeeltje-leeft-ultrakort-maar-toch-lang-genoeg-om-partner-te-vinden-en-toponium-te-vormen/77648213.html</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/cern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cern</span></a></p>
Holly<p>After the last collider gets built, particle physics won't come to an end. Instead, it will return to its roots: looking at rare, high-energy cosmic rays made elsewhere in space </p><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/particle-physics-continue-last-collider/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban</span><span class="invisible">g/particle-physics-continue-last-collider/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cool</span></a></p>
Energy<p>We may have finally solved an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray puzzle</p><p>An artistic rendering based on a real image of the IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole IceCube/NSF…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/neutrinos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neutrinos</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ParticlePhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParticlePhysics</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2237096/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2237096/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Europe<p>We may have finally solved an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray puzzle</p><p>An artistic rendering based on a real image of the IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole IceCube/NSF…<br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/neutrinos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neutrinos</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ParticlePhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParticlePhysics</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2237096/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2237096/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Holly<p>The cosmological constant is the worst prediction in all of science, off by ~122 orders of magnitude from the observed value. Even worse: it's two unsolved problems in one </p><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/worst-prediction-in-all-of-science/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban</span><span class="invisible">g/worst-prediction-in-all-of-science/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ironic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ironic</span></a></p>
Holly<p>The top quark is the most massive, shortest lived particle of all. But it isn't always a "bare quark" that just decays; the LHC just revealed that the bound state of "toponium" is real </p><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/top-quark-loner-toponium/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban</span><span class="invisible">g/top-quark-loner-toponium/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weird</span></a></p>
David W. Jones<p>Child rushing home from school excited: "Mommy, Mommy, I want to be a strange quark when I grow up!"</p><p>"Hush, child. You'll grow up to be a tau neutrino just like your daddy."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/particlephysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>particlephysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/joke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>joke</span></a></p>