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In this week's episode, we discuss Bosons, Quarks, and fun Cocktail Party Analogies!

Today's Pairing - Quarks Quark Tarts 

• Tart shells


• Quark


• Three types of fruit cut into one shape each


• Fill the shells with quark (the dairy) and add three pieces of fruit to each.


• Each fruit represents one of the following quarks (the particles): Up/Down/Strange.

Try the following combinations:

• Up Up Down -> Proton

  
  



• Up Down Down -> Neutron

  
  



• Up Down Strange -> Lambda

  
  

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