Well, while we're throwing unsupported theories around, what do you think about this:
There are no attractive forces in the universe. Matter has, as part of its intrinsic nature, energy constantly streaming out from it in all directions evenly when not near other matter. Since the distribution is even, the matter is not impacted. However, the presence of other matter causes this energy field to be unevenly distributed such that energy does not stream in the direction of the other matter. This uneven distribution causes the objects to move toward each other.
A similar concept applies to magnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear bonds.
Now that this energy field has been identified, it is an exercise for the student to devise and experiment to detect this field and fully describe its behavior.
The Nobel committee can FReepmail me if it needs to contact me.
Shalom.