The third one is called the weak nuclear force. This is the weirdo, the oddball force. It governs what's called beta decay, neutrino interactions, nuclear reactions, and the fusion furnace in the sun's core that keeps our planet from freezing solid. The weak nuclear force is responsible for the slow drip of radioactive decay that powers Earth's geology and ironically, the very light by which we can read the book of Colossians in our Bibles. ...