Of all of the inhabitants of the subatomic realm, it is said that neutrinos have surprised researchers more than the rest. In episode 4 of Subatomic Stories, Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln both introduces you to these perplexing fundamental particles and answers some fascinating viewers’ questions. View the 11-minute video.

The most familiar subatomic particle is the electron, which is a member of a class of particles called the charged lepton. In addition, there are two cousin particles, the muon and the tau lepton. In this nine-minute video, episode 3 of the Subatomic Stories series, Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln takes us on a whirlwind tour of these interesting particles and answers questions from previous videos.

Quarks are fundamental subatomic particles found in the center of atoms. They interact strongly with one another and are the building blocks of protons and neutrons. Two of them were discovered at Fermilab. In episode 2 of Subatomic Stories, Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln tells us about these fascinating particles.

With this six-minute video, Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln launches a special series called Subatomic Stories. You will learn a little bit about both the exciting subatomic world and the entire cosmos — and see how the two are inextricably linked. Each episode will focus on a specific topic, but the series will tell a much broader story.

Understanding how the universe began has been a goal for scientists, philosophers, and theologians for millennia. In this 14-minute video, Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln describes the scientific view on this topic. He covers what we know, what we think and what we may forever never know.

Quantum mechanics is one of the most mind-blowing theories of modern physics. In this 14-minute video, Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln explains what the phrase “quantum entanglement” means and how two objects can be connected by seemingly crazy quantum effects.

The Big Bang is the term that scientists use to describe the beginning of the universe. In this 11-minute video, Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln clears up many common misconceptions about this fascinating topic.

Quantum mechanics is perhaps the most misunderstood of modern physics topics, with many counterintuitive concepts like cats being both alive and dead and with claims that something doesn’t exist until a human looks at it. In this video, Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln boils quantum mechanics down to its essence and demystifies this mystifying theory.

Did you ever sit under the clear night sky and wonder “does it go on forever?” The size of the universe has long been a question that has puzzled scientists, philosophers and theologians, without a clear answer … until recently. In this 16-minute video, Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln leads you through what modern science can say about the size of the universe.

The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest particle accelerator, known mostly for its discovery of the Higgs boson. The LHC will run for another two decades and will collect an enormous amount of data. In this 11-minute video, Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln explains how Fermilab is heavily involved in the upgrades required to make both the accelerator and the CMS detector a physics discovery powerhouse for the foreseeable future.