Imagine a world where the common belief was that stress and spicy food caused stomach ulcers. Now, imagine being so convinced of a different cause that you’re willing to risk your own health to prove it. This is exactly what Barry Marshall did. In the early 1980s, he swallowed a beaker full of bacteria to …
On April 9, 2024, the world of physics lost one of its brightest minds, Peter Higgs, at the age of 94. Renowned for theorizing the existence of a particle so fundamental that it would later bear his name—the Higgs boson—Higgs’ work has profoundly shaped our understanding of the universe. Who Was Peter Higgs? Born in …