Some of us are well-versed in the forces that keep us tethered to the ground, and with those that make sure that opposite magnetic poles attract. There’s another force, however, that is always in action in every single part of our bodies and in all the atoms around it—the strong force, or the force that binds atomic nuclei together. How does it work?
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