Today’s physics news: Tuesday, 22 June

The hunt for the God particle
We have all heard of ‘dark matter’. But what about dark galaxies, dark planets – even dark people? The Guardian reports on the new holy grail of physics.
 
Guardian 
 
Topological quintet bags Europhysics prize
Five physicists who brought us the quantum spin-Hall effect and topological insulators have been awarded this year’s Europhysics Prize from the European Physical Society’s condensed-matter division
 
Physics World