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You have probably seen the headlines, that something weird is going on with a particle called a W-boson. And supersymmetry is once again the alleged explanation. How seriously should you take this? In this video I sort it out for you.

The new paper from the CDF collaboration is here:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.....1126/science.abk178

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0:00 Intro
1:00 The new anomaly
3:46 It it holds up, what does it mean?
6:19 Hasn't the LHC ruled out supersymmetry?
7:45 What does this mean for string theory?
8:23 How to gauge particle physics headlines
9:41 Sponsor message

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