Madame Wu and the Holiday Experiment That Changed Physics Forever

While most of us will ring in the new year with family and friends, science doesn't take a holiday. And neither do the scientists responsible for big ongoing experiments. One of the more famous historical examples of this is the case of physicist Chien-Shiung Wu--often referred to as "Madame Wu"--who gave up vacationing with her husband in the 1950s to prove that nature is slightly left-handed.