Article: What's new at the particle zoo; Supercollider may bring answers.(LOCAL NEWS)

Byline: Chris SINACOLA

COLUMN: SINA-CISM

I don't spend much time at zoos, but I do like to read about them, and one of the strangest zoos around is the Particle Zoo - the collection of particles that physicists are always assuring us constitute all known matter and govern its interactions.

Everyone knows about protons, neutrons and electrons. Science geeks, and some others, have even heard about quarks and leptons and such. But like those late-night TV sales pitches for really sharp knives, plastic putty doodads or workout videos, just wait, there's more!

Physicists have spent years assembling what they call the Standard Model, a ...

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