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During the 2026 Winter Olympics, athletes will leap off ramps, slide across ice and spin through the air. These performances ...

A new study suggests subatomic particles called muons are breaking the laws of physics. This may mean a mysterious force is affecting muons, which would make our understanding of physics incomplete.