06/16/22 WIRED Particle hunters can spend a lifetime searching for answers In physics, experiments to answer the big questions can take decades to run—and might not produce any findings at all.
06/13/22 The New York Times As the Large Hadron Collider revs up, physicists’ hopes soar The particle collider at CERN will soon restart. “There could be a revolution coming,” scientists say.
06/07/22 WIRED The unwritten laws of physics for Black women Physicist Katrina Miller writes that she just wanted to be a scientist, not a trailblazer.
06/07/22 Gizmodo NASA's new arcade-style space telescope video game is totally stellar The 8-bit game lets players collect celestial objects around the universe while searching for dark matter and black holes.
Small science and the future of particle physics 01/07/25 R.M. Davis A proposed funding program for small- and medium-scale projects reveals insights into the science, logistical challenges, and future of particle physics research.
07/18/17 Shaking the dark matter paradigm A theory about gravity challenges our understanding of the universe.
07/13/17 SLAC accelerator plans appear in Smithsonian art exhibit The late artist June Schwarcz found inspiration in some unusual wrapping paper her husband brought home from the lab.
07/11/17 A new model for standards In an upcoming refresh, particle physics will define units of measurement such as the meter, the kilogram and the second.
07/03/17 When was the Higgs actually discovered? The announcement on July 4 was just one part of the story. Take a peek behind the scenes of the discovery of the Higgs boson.
06/30/17 What’s really happening during an LHC collision? It’s less of a collision and more of a symphony.
06/27/17 The rise of LIGO’s space-studying super-team The era of multi-messenger astronomy promises rich rewards—and a steep learning curve.
06/23/17 Howie Day records love song to physics After the musician learned that grad students at CERN had created a parody of his 2004 single “Collide,” he flew to Switzerland to sing it at the LHC.