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The Particle at the End of the Universe

10 min read • 13 min listen • Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

A thrilling narrative of the Higgs boson discovery, revealing how an invisible field gives mass to everything and why this particle is key to understanding the universe's fate.

You’ll learn

  • How the Higgs field gives mass to particles
  • The epic quest to find the Higgs boson
  • Why the Higgs mass hints at new physics
  • The universe's precarious metastable state