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Article: Mass distinction; Millions of them are zipping through you right now, but most of us think, "So what?" For scientists, however, the recent announcement that neutrinos have mass may reorder their understanding of the universe, and reveal a whole new level of physics.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- June 24, 1998
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Published 06/25/98: This article incorrectly identified the type of iron ore taken from the Soudan mine in Tower, Minn. The ore was hematite.
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After decades of theorizing and years of painstaking observations, scientists said this month that they have the best evidence yet that neutrinos, those tiny ghosts that inhabit the particle physics world, have mass.
For those who aren't up on the intricacies of particle physics, the announcement seems like one of those "Why should I care?" scientific proclamations. After all, neutrinos have nothing to do with everyday life. Billions of them are passing through your body as you ...