The race to detect dark matter has yielded mostly confusion. But the larger, more sensitive detectors being built could change that picture soon.
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Adam Mann is a freelance writer in Washington DC.
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Mann, A. Cosmology: The hunting of the dark. Nature 471, 433–435 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/471433a
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