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# What Makes The Strong Force Strong?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/episode/what-makes-the-strong-force-strong-ir34zx/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:12:18.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T13:46:45.000Z
- Description: We dive into the weird world of quantum chromodynamics and the strong force.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS Space Time, Season 8, Episode 25, #ZZZ_Episode_51b030bd-f20a-451a-9f3f-22adff249ebe, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_ae70f836-13b6-4c9d-b61f-99f7b8bc29eb, #v1.16

Quantum mechanics gets weirder as you go to smaller sizes and higher energies. It’s strange enough for atoms, but positively bizarre when we get to the atomic nucleus. And today we’re going nuclear, as we dive into the weird world of quantum chromodynamics and the strong force.