Category Archives: Particle Physics

Smashing Physics: how we discovered the Higgs boson – podcast

Posted on 28/07/2014 by Jon Butterworth

Another Science podcast for the Guardian. With Ian Sample.

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It could save my children, but I don’t want to know

Posted on 16/07/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Two years ago the discovery of the Higgs boson was announced. What’s new?

Posted on 05/07/2014 by Jon Butterworth

Two years ago yesterday the discovery of a new boson – later confirmed as the Higgs – was announced at CERN, as the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) began in Melbourne. This week, ICHEP is underway again, this … Continue reading →

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Lab Scouse

Posted on 29/06/2014 by Jon Butterworth

A blog at the Guardian which includes a link to the launch of Smashing Physics with Brian Cox at the Royal Institution, see below.

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