1. Physicists Confirm Discovery Of God Particle
Physicists announced on Wednesday that they had discovered what appears to be the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle often referred to as the God particle. "I think we have it," said Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director general of CERN, the home of the Large Hadron Collider that produced evidence of the new particle over a period of a year and a half.
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2. Report Finds Fukushima Nuclear Crisis 'Man-Made'
An unusually blunt report released by the Japanese government on Thursday found willful human negligence at the Fukushima nuclear plant before the earthquake and tsunami battered the facility and a deeply flawed response in the days after the crisis began. Interestingly, the report blames Japanese cultural attitudes as the fundamental cause of the disaster, noting that nuclear power became "an unstoppable force, immune to scrutiny by civil society" and therefore even the most basic safety requirements were ignored.
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3. Pakistan Reopens Border To NATO
Pakistan reopened its border to NATO trucks carrying supplies to troops in Afghanistan earlier this week, marking the end of a seven-month long closure of the critical supply route. The route was originally closed in retaliation for American airstrikes in November that killed 24 Pakistani border troops. The relationship between the two countries has been, to put it mildly, strained over the last few years due to issues such as American drone strikes and Pakistan's alleged support of the Taliban.
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Physicists announced on Wednesday that they had discovered what appears to be the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle often referred to as the God particle. "I think we have it," said Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director general of CERN, the home of the Large Hadron Collider that produced evidence of the new particle over a period of a year and a half.
Read more on nytimes.com
2. Report Finds Fukushima Nuclear Crisis 'Man-Made'
An unusually blunt report released by the Japanese government on Thursday found willful human negligence at the Fukushima nuclear plant before the earthquake and tsunami battered the facility and a deeply flawed response in the days after the crisis began. Interestingly, the report blames Japanese cultural attitudes as the fundamental cause of the disaster, noting that nuclear power became "an unstoppable force, immune to scrutiny by civil society" and therefore even the most basic safety requirements were ignored.
Read more on cnn.com
3. Pakistan Reopens Border To NATO
Pakistan reopened its border to NATO trucks carrying supplies to troops in Afghanistan earlier this week, marking the end of a seven-month long closure of the critical supply route. The route was originally closed in retaliation for American airstrikes in November that killed 24 Pakistani border troops. The relationship between the two countries has been, to put it mildly, strained over the last few years due to issues such as American drone strikes and Pakistan's alleged support of the Taliban.
Read more on hosted.ap.org
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