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Scientists Are on the Brink of Discovering the Fifth Fundamental Force of Nature (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How do we even know there is another fundamental force?

[–] chrisphero 8 points 1 year ago

We don’t know for sure, it is one of the possibilities why prediction and result don’t line up.

“If the measurements don’t line up with the prediction [calculated with the standard model], that could be a sign that there is some unknown particle appearing in the loops—which could, for example, be the carrier of a fifth force,” particle physicist Jon Butterworth told The Guardian.

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