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This article is devoted to the sterile neutrino, a hypothetical particle that could explain the origin of matter's mass and the nature of dark matter. Scientists have long hoped to discover this missing link, relying on anomalous results from early experiments at Los Alamos and Fermilab. However, the latest data from the MicroBooNE project have refuted previous assumptions, demonstrating that the previously detected signals were merely instrumental errors. Thus, the existence of the light sterile neutrino has not been confirmed, casting doubt on the simplest ways to extend the Standard Model. Nevertheless, physicists do not rule out the existence of superheavy variants of this particle, and the search for them will continue in the future. This article elegantly summarizes the journey from scientific optimism to rigorous experimental refutation of the popular theory.