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Peter Higgs was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2013 for discovering the God Particle. His theory shook the scientific world in 1964 when he first proposed it. Renowned British physicist Peter Higgs, who ...

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An illustration conveying the idea of a space-based quantum internet, which would seem, like the hypothetical particle of a tachyon, to outpace light. An illustration ...

Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. “Higgs” is Peter Higgs, a professor at Edinburgh, who made ...

Peter Higgs, the European scientist who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for describing the Higgs boson(Photo: AP) Peter Higgs, the European scientist who won the ...