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...Model should long since have been dotted and crossed. Finding the Higgs boson should complete the task. But, contends Columbia University's Frank Scuilli, "there are intrinsic limits to the model, and people believe those limits are going to show up in the SSC, along with a whole new layer of matter we didn't know of before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Ultimate Quest | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...layer that theorists most eagerly hope for is a new class of matter called supersymmetric particles, whose existence is predicated on the so- called grand unified theories now being explored by physicists. Some think that supersymmetric particles are the long-sought components of "dark matter," the invisible stuff that is believed to make up 90% or more of the universe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Ultimate Quest | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...only boring, but sometimes futile, says Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Hung Wu. "In China, I went to dig some tombs, so we spent 20 days going layer by layer by layer [of dirt...

Author: By Brett R. Huff, | Title: HARVARD ARCHAEOLOGISTS and the SEARCH FOR THE ANCIENT PAST | 3/23/1990 | See Source »

...thick layer of soot at the site, which according to radioactive carbon-14 dating was laid down about 1400 B.C., supports the biblical idea that the city was burned, not simply conquered. Finally, Egyptian amulets found in Jericho graves can be dated to around 1400 B.C. as well. Says Wood: "It looks to me as though the biblical stories are correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Score One for the Bible | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

Anderson and the plane's architect, John Landford, who is the president of Aurora Flight Sciences, said they hope to send the plane through the ozone layer in August...

Author: By David G. Zermeno, | Title: Plane to Research Ozone Layer | 2/10/1990 | See Source »

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