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Higgs window narrows

Dear Higgs boson: we are getting closer. A Higgs between the masses of 158 and 175 gigaelectronvolts has been ruled out with 95 per cent certainty, according to data from the Tevatron collider in the US presented at the International Conference on High Energy Physics in Paris, France. Nearly a quarter of the possible mass range for the Higgs has now been eliminated.

Giant rat found

The remains of the largest rat ever found have been unearthed in a cave in East Timor. The monster rodent, part of the genus Coryphomys, weighed 6 kilograms, and was…

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