Other-worldy tales
Why the idea of "parallel universes" appears so often in art, movies and literature
Do you like the element names livermorium and flerovium?
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String theorist sparks a spat
Another ding-dong breaks out
Check these collisions out
Smashing events appear to defy classical physics
Higgs rumours fly as meeting approaches
CERN boss seems clear that no "discovery" has been made
When will we see the first nuclear fusion reactor?
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Searching for SUSY
Supersymmetry faces its final test as CERN gears up for its end-of-year data-analysis meeting
Introducing the phoniton
Latest quasiparticle combines sound with electronic excitations
What’s your biggest pet peeve about popular-science writing?
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Physicist picked as UK environment chief
Duncan Wingham takes hot seat at Natural Environment Research Council
