The 5th Force Awakens? A New Path to New Physics

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On July 4th, 2012, the Higgs boson was presented to the world. The confirmation of its existence was a victory for the Standard Model, the theory that describes 3 of the 4 fundamental forces (the electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions, minus gravity), and classifies all known elementary particles. From then on, all kind of new particles would be discovered, broadening our understanding of the Universe, so the physicists thought. Years have passed, and no compelling evidence for something new has been seen [yet]. But new results emerging from CERN indicate a coherent pattern of deviations from the SM predictions that might suggest the existence of a new Fundamental Force. If confirmed, it would revolutionize our understanding of how particles interact and cause a paradigm shift.