Category Archives: Physics

Why does the Higgs decay?

Posted on 22/06/2012 by lilyasquith

Higgs bosons might be being produced at CERN right now, but we can’t keep them. Lily Asquith explains… here at the Guardian.

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Does art-from-science really add anything?

Posted on 18/06/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 3.2 of Smashing Physics.

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The physics of climbing – and falling

Posted on 09/06/2012 by Jon Butterworth

By Leo Westland. At the Guardian.

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Why is the LHC tunnel so big?

Posted on 08/06/2012 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 1.1 of Smashing Physics.

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