The same, yet not the same: how to crack a paradigm (Flavor anomalies: status and prospects)

<!--HTML--><p>The behavior of matter is ruled by the standard model of particle physics -- really?&nbsp;Old puzzles and new evidences from precision measurements are lurking and pose challenges to standard theory.&nbsp;Deviations in processes as rare as one in a billion suggest that electrons and muons are more different than thought:&nbsp;they should behave the same according to the standard model, yet, recent data from the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva finds them to behave differently.&nbsp;If taken at face value, this anomaly heralds a very loud breakdown of the standard model, &nbsp;and requires out-of-the-box new physics.<br /> Intriguingly, cracking this with leptoquarks, i.e., new particles which share features from quarks and leptons alike, also open doors into the notorious and longstanding flavor puzzle.&nbsp;This talk reports on the rise of the anomalies in flavor physics, rare decays of beauty quarks and further cracks in the building.</p>