Chiral anomaly

Okay kiddo, let me try and explain what chiral anomaly is in a way that you can understand.

You know how you have a right hand and a left hand, right? They're like mirror images of each other. Well, in science and math, things that are mirror images of each other are called "chiral" objects.

Chiral anomaly is a really complicated idea that has to do with how particles (tiny things that make up everything in the universe) behave differently depending on whether they're left-handed or right-handed. Scientists have discovered that in certain situations (like when particles are moving in a magnetic field), there's a strange effect where more particles of one type (like left-handed ones) will turn into particles of the other type (right-handed ones) than vice versa.

This might sound really confusing, but it actually has some really important implications for physics and our understanding of the universe. But for now, just remember that chiral anomaly is all about how particles can act differently depending on whether they're left-handed or right-handed.