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Parents stumped by children's science questions

More than half of parents are filled with fear when asked scientific questions by their kids, a British survey has found.

'Pristine' gas from early universe discovered

Astronomers have discovered two clouds of gas that are still in the same state as they were just minutes after the Big Bang.

US team discovers heaviest antimatter yet

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have made the heaviest antimatter ever found.   

Scientist finds evidence of pre-Big Bang events

A leading Oxford University cosmologist says he has been able to observe the effects of cosmic events that preceded the Big Bang.

Universe started off as a liquid, LHC experiments show

The ALICE detector team at CERN has discovered that the very early universe consisted of a hot, dense liquid, rather than a gas.

LHC back up and running to produce mini Big Bang

Just four days after shutting down the Large Hadron Collider's proton running experiments, CERN has completed the transition to lead-ion running and has recorded its first collisions.

LHC starts new set of experiments

The Large Hadron Collider is about to enter a new phase of operation, with proton running for this year concluding successfully this morning. For the rest of the year, lead ions will be accelerated and brought into collision in the machine for the first time.

Stephen Hawking says God isn't necessary

Theoretical physicist and official World's Cleverest Chap Stephen Hawking says there's no reason to think that God created the universe.

Scientists recreate Big Bang 'quark soup'

Physicists have created a 'quark soup' with a temperature of four trillion degrees Celcius - almost as hot as the temperature just after the Big Bang.