Lisa Randall

Harvard University

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Professor of physics at Harvard; author of Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space and Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World

Lisa Randall on KCRW

Dark matter. It’s stuff that scientists say is all around us, but we can’t see it or touch it or smell it.

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs

Dark matter. It’s stuff that scientists say is all around us, but we can’t see it or touch it or smell it.

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Scottish physicist Peter Higgs says he’s sorry the Higgs boson was ever called the “God Particle.” He’s an atheist.  But the term helps the rest of us understand just how important…

The Higgs Boson Wins Physicists the Nobel Prize

Scottish physicist Peter Higgs says he’s sorry the Higgs boson was ever called the “God Particle.” He’s an atheist.  But the term helps the rest of us understand just how important…

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