Or Electrons

Or Electrons
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You'll be waiting a while. Protons are ridiculously stable—so stable that if they do decay, their half-life is estimated to be at least 10³⁴ years. That's about a trillion trillion trillion times longer than the current age of the universe. Scientists have literally built massive underground detectors filled with thousands of tons of water just to catch a single proton potentially decaying, and so far? Nothing. Zero. Nada. Meanwhile, electrons are theoretically stable forever according to charge conservation laws, so good luck with those too. This skeleton's got more patience than every grad student waiting for their PI's email combined.

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