Qualia: The Science of Experiences
An exciting field is emerging in the worlds of science and philosophy that may explain our thinking. The concept of qualia has intrigued philosophers since 1929, when the term was…
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Finding A Finger Bone on Accident!
Isn’t it fascinating how some of the most significant inventions and discoveries in history happened by accident? The microwave is a household appliance that we use every day, and it…
Samples From Mars Soon To Come Home
On the 21st of December, 2021, the Perseverance rover dropped a previously gathered sample onto the dusty Martian surface below. This was no accident, though. The sample, safe in its…
Limits Set: Vector-Like Quark Pair Production
In mid-September of 2022, physicists from the CMS Collaboration at CERN reported new lower limits on vector-like top \((\text{T})\) and bottom \((\text{B})\) quarks. The analysis offers the strongest identified limits…
Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California recently had a breakthrough with nuclear fusion, sparking excitement in many. On December 5th of 2022, a nuclear fusion reaction was…
Performance Upgrades: HL-LHC Plans
After physicists at CERN restarted the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for its Run 3 set of data collection in the summer of 2022, new analyses dependent on high-mass mother (decay…