Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: It used to be thought that bizarre interactions between subatomic particles known as neutrinos could be explained by another type of neutrino. The ...

You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us. They come from cosmic rays—high-energy particles that can originate from exploding ...

"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting stronger and stronger upper limits, so alternative scenarios have to be ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Physicists have shown possible ...

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At first glance, quantum mechanics might seem strange or even impossible. That’s because our everyday experiences of the laws of physics are very different from how matter and energy behave at the ...