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How Higgs owes his Nobel to an editor and a biologist | Science News

In his talk, describing the events that led to the prediction of his boson, he provided an enlightening case study about how science really works. As with so many good ideas in science, Higgs had trouble getting his paper published. … Continue reading

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Sometimes science must give way to religion : Nature News & Comment

CSID Senior Fellow Dan Sarewitz has another piece out in Nature that’s sure to cause a stir: Sometimes science must give way to religion : Nature News & Comment. Here’s The New York Times: “The Higgs boson is the only … Continue reading

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Physicists Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to Universe – NYTimes.com

This is fascinating from the viewpoint of philosophy of science — not the discovery itself, but what it may mean for physics. Physicists Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to Universe – NYTimes.com. What we seem to have here is … Continue reading

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