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Space-time-crystal-powered eternal clock could keep time after end of universe

Researchers have now proposed an experimental design for a 'space-time crystal' that would be able to keep time forever.
Why the Higgs boson announcement is so important (+video)

The discovery of a new particle thought to be the elusive Higgs boson represents the culmination of nearly 50 years of research, and completes a theory about how the most basic constituents of matter interact with each other.
Why do objects have mass? The elusive Higgs boson could hold the key.

Scientists at CERN say that they are closing in on demonstrating the existence of the elusive Higgs boson – the theoretical subatomic particle that could explain why particles have mass.

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Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

Scott Budnick serves breakfast – with a side order of respect – to the homeless

Sunday breakfast at a Providence, R.I., church is more than a free meal. Half the volunteers are homeless themselves: 'It's their [own] breakfast that they're putting on.'

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Why the Higgs boson announcement is so important (+video)

Why do objects have mass? The elusive Higgs boson could hold the key.

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