In physics (there's that "P" word that often causes young students to shudder), the unending search continues for the "fundamental building blocks" of everything that exists. At present, there are twelve such building blocks called quarks. In an "aha" moment, I experienced the world in two apple pies I handmade last night and a beach photo sitting not far from them. 

 


Quarks come in six "flavors," up, down, top, bottom, strange and charmed. These come in two forms referred to as matter and a...


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