CERN

Newsmakers 2012: Higgs & Kisses

Science’s big bet paid off when the ‘God particle’ was discovered courtesy of the monstrous Hadron Collider

Unravelling the universe

Why the Higgs boson discovery changed everything

Maclean’s archives: A special report from the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland

Tourist spike at CERN

Hundreds of people, physics lovers and those that don’t know the difference between an electron and proton alike, are making the pilgrimage to Geneva

Dispatch from the Higgs boson cafeteria

Or rather, ‘restaurant,’ where CERN physicists can eat three meals a day—and talk science

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Hello there, Higgs boson

Scientists at the world’s biggest atom smasher have announced the discovery of a brand-new particle—and it looks an awful lot like the long-sought Higgs boson, also known as the “God particle,” without which the universe as we know it wouldn’t exist.

Higgs boson steals the show at AAAS meeting

Scientists promise new results on the God particle in the next few months

The stuff of science fiction

Antimatter: the stuff of science fiction

There isn’t much antimatter in the universe, but a team of Canadians is trapping atoms of it

Canadian researchers turn fiction into science

Canadian researchers help isolate and store antimatter

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Angels & Demons & Lectures

Universities across the country jump on film’s science-based bandwagon