Kaya Burgess

@kayaburgess

Science and Religious Affairs Correspondent @TheTimes of London | Shortlisted for Specialist + Science Journalist of the Year at the 2024, 25 + 26 Press Awards

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LHCb finds single-experiment evidence of a decay predicted once per 10 billion beauty-particle decays

The 3.2-sigma result agrees with predictions but falls short of the threshold for a discovery.

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Comets probably didn’t deliver life’s building blocks to Earth

Science News reports that simulated comet impacts rarely let hydrogen cyanide, a prebiotic molecule, reach Earth’s surface intact.

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Comets probably didn't seed life on Earth after all, new study suggests

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LHCb finds single-experiment evidence of a decay predicted once per 10 billion beauty-particle decays

Comets probably didn’t deliver life’s building blocks to Earth

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LHCb finds single-experiment evidence of a decay predicted once per 10 billion beauty-particle decays

Comets probably didn’t deliver life’s building blocks to Earth