Jimmy Carter, former US president, turns 100

Jimmy Carter, former US president, turns 100

BBC Jimmy Carter, pictured in 2016, is the longest-living former US president Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday on Tuesday, making him the first US president to reach the milestone. Carter, a Democrat who served in the White House from 1977 to 1981, has spent the past 19 months in hospice care in his home … Read more

Mysteries of universe revealed? Hardly. But CERN still fascinates, discovers on its 70th anniversary

Mysteries of universe revealed? Hardly. But CERN still fascinates, discovers on its 70th anniversary

GENEVA — The research center that is home to the world’s largest particle accelerator is celebrating its 70th anniversary on Tuesday, with the physicists who run it aiming to unlock secrets about dark matter and other mysteries to promote science for peace in today’s conflict-darkened world. Over the last seven decades, CERN, the sprawling research … Read more