We Were Wrong About Matter

Particle physics dives into the very depths of the universe – the particles that make up atoms. Over the past century, we have peeled back the layers and uncovered more about the make-up of subatomic particles than ever before, culminating in 2012 with the discovery of the Higgs boson, also called the God particle. Frank Close, the author of Infinity Puzzle and Elusive: How Peter Higgs solved the mystery of mass, has had a front-row seat to many of these revelations. He joins New Scientist reporter Alex Wilkins to talk about his career and all things particle physics, including how quarks group together and what it was like sitting on stage with Peter Higgs after the Large Hadron Collider found that elusive particle. Learn more ➤    • Why Quantum Physics Says There’s a Multiverse   ❤️ Love New Scientist? For a specially discounted New Scientist digital subscription, go to http://bit.ly/3OFhwvL ⭐️ We have a podcast, too: Subscribe to @TheWorldTheUniverseAndUs 🛍️ Check out our shop for the smartest gifts - https://shop.newscientist.com/ MORE FROM NEW SCIENTIST ───────────────────────────── 🌐 Website: https://www.newscientist.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://bit.ly/NSYTINSTA 📘 Facebook: https://bit.ly/NSYTFB 🐦 Twitter: https://bit.ly/NSYTTW 📈 LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NSYTLIN About New Scientist: New Scientist was founded in 1956 for “all those interested in scientific discovery and its social consequences”. Today our website, videos, newsletters, app, podcast and print magazine cover the world’s most important, exciting and entertaining science news as well as asking the big-picture questions about life, the universe, and what it means to be human. New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/ #particlephysics #higgsboson #science #physics #documentary #interview 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:39 Finding the building blocks of nature 00:06:40 Why are there so many possible particles? 00:19:51 Pentaquarks, glueballs and other strange particles 00:27:55 The Higgs boson 00:37:45 The deep mysteries of Higgs 00:43:10 Exploring energy scales after the big bang 00:46:52 Supersymmetry 00:53:49 New mathematics for new physics 00:56:50 Neutrinos 01:03:01 Why are we here?