Scientists at Fermilab close in on fifth force of nature

Oh well, looks like there's no new Physics after all! No fifth force! Why am I not surprised? 🙄

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02532-6

All those scientist's careers in tatters! All their children starving! Turns out the maths was wrong. Not the muon measurement.

The Standard Model is safe for now.

Doctor Sabine Hossenfelder always gets cross at people looking for New Physics. And the worst thing, wasting our money on these wild goose chases.


Nothing wrong with the old Physics, IMO. E=mc^2 an' all that. Always worked for me. 😀
 
Another muon joke would be more appropriate!

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