The way particles interacted while the universe was forming seconds after the Big Bang could explain why the universe exists the way it does – a physicist explains matter-antimatter asymmetry.
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8,000 tonnes of molten iron solidifies in Earth’s inner core every second – but it’s not distributed equally.
Laser-cooling enables new measurements that could explain why antimatter is so scarce in our universe.
Rare left-coiled shells in garden snails turn out to be a developmental accident not an inherited trait.
A physicist reflects on the show’s made-up Nobel Prize-winning theory of ‘super asymmetry’ along with how the series showcased authentic science and role models for future STEM students.
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Ph.D. Candidate in Theoretical Particle Physics, University of California, Irvine
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Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Geophysics, University of Bristol
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