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Rumors of God
TheHiggs boson is one of the most important, most abstract, and most interesting ideas in current physics. Dubbed the “god” particle after an editor disallowed one of the co-discoverers from calling it “that goddamn particle”, it is the only remaining particle in the Standard Model that has not been directly observed by humans.
Newspaper Stories and YouTube Videos
A Chicago Tribune story I was interviewed for, and how to embed high quality YouTube videos in your webpage.
Fermilab’s Strange Letter – Interlude
The “BASSE” misspelling is explained – and unfortunately, not much else. CSV of transcribed code available for download.
Fermilab’s Strange Letter – Progress
Well, now we’re getting somewhere with the strange letter Fermilab received. For context, Fermilab (a theoretical physics laboratory) recieved a strange letter in code a year ago that they’ve now released to the public.
Fermilab’s Strange Letter
Fermilab PR just released a scan of a coded message they received a year ago, and are asking for help decoding it.
