Particle Hunters Can Spend a Lifetime Searching for Answers - WIRED

In physics, experiments to answer the big questions can take decades to run—and might not produce any findings at all.

IceCube is an example of how big science, and particularly particle physics, now often works on generational time scales. Getting from the idea of IceCube to actually drilling its neutrino sensors in… [+3064 chars]

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