The holidays are here, and it’s never too late to start thinking about fun stuff to bestow upon family and friends. (That’s actually not true. Order soon!)
But what to get the scientist or science geek on your list? To help, we’ve gathered our favorite science-themed gifts: From archaeology to infectious disease to particle physics, from nerdy to frightening to ethereal, these things are sure to be more popular than the latest biography of a dead scientist you probably would have settled for.
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The Higgs Boson
After a decades-long search, this most elusive of the
Standard Model’s particles could no longer escape the particle physicists doggedly pursuing it. In July,
scientists announced they’d found a particle that looks an awful lot like the Higgs boson. Being scientists, they're still not ready to call it the Higgs officially. But we are: It's the Higgs! Commemorate one of the year’s most significant science discoveries with
this fuzzy, gravel-filled heavy boson.
[Note: Also check out
the history of the universe. In plush form. Seriously.]
Available from
particlezoo.net, $10.49
Photo: www.particlezoo.net
