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The goal of modern theoretical physics is to reveal the universe's lost elegance. A major breakthrough in that effort came in 1964, when Peter Higgs, a shy British scientist in Edinburgh, introduced a theory that could explain how particles that carry two of the four forces - those that carry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Collider Matters: In Search of the 'God Particle' | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

The way to find the Higgs boson is to create an environment that mimics the moment post-Big Bang. The powerful LHC runs at up to 7 trillion electron volts (TeV) and sends particles through temperatures colder than deep space at velocities approaching the speed of light. (The second most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Collider Matters: In Search of the 'God Particle' | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

Past studies have found that socioeconomically disadvantaged people and others in high-stress situations with little social support are at much greater risk for both addiction and obesity. For example, people who were displaced for more than two weeks after hurricanes Katrina and Rita were 56% more likely to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Eating Junk Food Really Be an Addiction? | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

After Harvard students begged for dryness during last week's torrential downpours, water flow decreased not only from the skies, but also from an unexpected source as well—the water dispensers in the campus d-halls.

Author: By Punit N. Shah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Drawing Water: Mild Effort Now Required | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

A simple turn of the radio dial, and news of the reconstruction plan dominates Haiti's airwaves. At the U.N. donor conference on Wednesday, the international community pledged more than $5 billion dollars to support Haiti for the next 18 months and almost $10 billion for the next five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Haiti, Deep Skepticism About a U.N. Rescue Plan | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

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