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Explainer: what is mass?

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imagePIck up any object and you can feel the weight of it, a measure of its mass here on Earth. But what is mass?Shutterstock

When it comes to electrons, Higgs bosons or photons, they don’t have much going for them. They possess spin, charge, mass and … that’s about it.

Sometimes they only carry a vanishing amount of some of these...

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Malcolm Turnbull to show his international paces during summit season

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imageMalcolm Turnbull's side meetings with world leaders during the international summits will be as important as the conference discussions. AAP/Lukas Coch

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday launches into an intensive round of international diplomacy that will absorb a good deal of time and attention during a run up to Christmas already...

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  1. Turnbull's visit needs to restore Australia's strained relationship with Indonesia
  2. A simple greenwash detection tip: check what the firm puts on its homepage
  3. Cooking the books: when that sensational new research finding isn't all it seems
  4. What are the secrets to being a 'superstar music city'?
  5. Big data can improve health but first we need to build the foundations
  6. A small act to give abused children a voice
  7. Three superannuation reforms that would promote fairness and equity
  8. Crisis communication: saving time and lives in disasters through smarter social media
  9. Engineers don't just build things, they can help save the world
  10. Australian graduates who move overseas will have to pay back student loans
  11. The danger of stranded assets lurks for unwary coal producers
  12. The federal budget is hard to 'fix', but here are some solutions
  13. Business is picking up the pace ahead of the Paris climate summit
  14. Won't somebody think of the children? Five reasons why drug panics are counterproductive
  15. This woman's work: the onscreen and offscreen war service of Claire Adams Mackinnon
  16. What might The Dismissal's legacy mean for an Australian republic push?
  17. As Belgium threatens fines, Facebook's defence of tracking visitors rings hollow
  18. Kevin Rudd takes on George Pell over climate change
  19. From 'right to die' to 'right to choose the way you die' – the shifting euthanasia debate
  20. Frozen cones on Pluto – the first discovery of ice volcanoes?
  21. Stressed? Meditation or some quiet time alone may help... if only you can find the time!
  22. Researchers, here's how to reach an audience you'd never dream of speaking to
  23. UN review puts Australia on the spot over human rights record
  24. Airbnb, social media and the quest for the authentic urban experience
  25. When authenticity and advertising collide on social media
  26. The story behind the footage of Whitlam's 'Kerr's cur' speech
  27. Explainer: what are brain-eating amoebas and how can we reduce their harm?
  28. How BHP and Vale react next to Brazilian dam failure will be critical
  29. 'Independent' investigators can't guarantee success in eradicating doping from sport
  30. We need to fund more than just science priorities for Australia's future
  31. Australia's right whales are recovering after whaling bans, but there are still worrying signs
  32. In charging Essendon, WorkSafe puts all sport on notice
  33. Should taxpayers subsidise extras for private health insurance holders?
  34. Poor research-industry collaboration: time for blame or economic reality at work?
  35. From Newton to Einstein: the origins of general relativity
  36. Why bother trying to make private health insurers do what Medicare does?
  37. Aged and confused: why the private health insurance industry is ripe for reform
  38. Ocean acidification: the forgotten piece of the carbon puzzle
  39. A land value tax could fix Australasia’s housing crisis
  40. Lego shouldn't brick it over Ai Weiwei – refuting the censorship argument is child's play
  41. Only the conscription referendums made Australia's Great War experience different
  42. The rise of China: a threat or opportunity for Australian universities?
  43. Health Check: do I need a skin cancer check?
  44. TPP revealed: at last we have the details – and a democratic deficit to be fixed
  45. Bell Shakespeare's Hamlet reviewed: the same great themes in some strange new haunts
  46. Australia's new emissions rules will put yet another bump in the road for diesels
  47. Archive records shed new light on UK role in Whitlam's dismissal
  48. FactCheck Q A: do we only have space for about 150 people in our lives?
  49. It will take more than being 'bouncy' to fix Australia's innovation system
  50. Delving deep into caves can teach us about climate past and present

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