
The Top 10 Science Stories of 2012
A devastating storm, a new phase of Mars exploration, a recipe for a pandemic flu--these and other events highlight the year in science and technology

The Top 10 Science Stories of 2012
A devastating storm, a new phase of Mars exploration, a recipe for a pandemic flu--these and other events highlight the year in science and technology

Hawking and CERN Scientists Win $3-Million Physics Prizes
A Russian foundation has honored eight scientists with the world's richest science award—nearly three times as lucrative as the Nobel Prize


Supersymmetry Fails Test, Forcing Physics to Seek New Ideas
With the Large Hadron Collider unable to find the particles that the theory says must exist, the field of particle physics is back to its "nightmare scenario"

Dark Matter Mystery May Soon Be Solved
Experiments to detect dark matter, which scientists believe makes up about a quarter of the universe, are underway and may yield direct evidence within a decade

Recommended: The Particle at the End of the Universe

The Inner Life of Quarks
What if the smallest bits of matter actually harbor an undiscovered world of particles?

Of Quarks and (Presidential) Men

Entire Field of Particle Physics Is Set to Switch to Open-Access Publishing
A consortium has brokered an agreement with 12 journals to ensure that nearly all particle physics articles are made immediately free on journal Web sites

9 Theoretical Physicists Win Massive New Cash Award
A billionaire Internet mogul has awarded a record $27 million for work on fundamental theory, dwarfing the Nobel, Kavli and Shaw prize purses

Higgs Boson Revealed at CERN [Video]
Go behind the scenes at CERN for the historic July 4 announcement

New Particle Resembling Long-Sought Higgs Boson Uncovered at Large Hadron Collider
The CERN collider, the most powerful atom smasher in history, appears to have fulfilled its primary quest

Chat at 11 A.M. EDT on Higgs Boson News from CERN
Join us for a live online chat with physicist Michael Tuts of Columbia University. Tuts will help us understand what this morning’s announcement about the Higgs means for physics