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2 stories for“particle physics”

A Detector a Mile Under South Dakota Saw One Event It Cannot Explain, and Its Own Scientists Say Do Not Get Excited

The LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration reported a single particle interaction in ten tonnes of liquid xenon that matches no known background. It is a 2.6 sigma result, one chance in two hundred of being a fluke, and far from a discovery. Why it matters anyway.

Sep 8, 2026

Nutrition

Brown Bread Is Usually White Bread With Colouring, and the Label Is Allowed to Say So Quietly

Wholemeal, wholegrain, multigrain, brown, granary and wheat all sound like the same promise. Only one of them reliably means the whole grain is in there, and the difference shows up in your glucose two hours later.

Aug 9, 2026