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The Higgs Particle and the LHC: A Primer

Today, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva announced, with five sigma certainty (that’s a 99.9999% confidence level) that they have discovered a particle that exists at an energy level consistent with the Higgs particle, according to the Standard Model. So let me back up. Under the Standard Model, particle physics have theorized that there…

Social Media and the Writer

On Sunday, author Myke Cole (@mykecole) blogged about he uses social media. It begins with Myke admitting he was surprised to hear an editor say he was an example of author who does social media right. Give his post a read if you want a well-reasoned take on how an author should use social media.…