Giant Atom Collider Shut-Down

GENEVA, Switzerland — The world's largest atom smasher — which was launched with great fanfare earlier this month — has been damaged worse than previously thought and will be out of commission for at least two months.
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In Search of The God Particle

CERN, Switzerland -- Scientists Wednesday applauded as one of the most ambitious experiments ever conceived got successfully underway, with protons being fired around a 27-kilometer (17-mile) tunnel deep beneath the border of France and Switzerland in an attempt to unlock the secrets of the universe.
CNN report is HERE
Meanwhile, British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has bet 100 dollars (70 euros) that the mega-experiment will not find an elusive particle seen as a holy grail of cosmic science known as the 'God Particle'.
that story is HERE

The Physics of Rap

Who says science doesn't turn people on? Kate McAlpine is a rising star on YouTube for her rap performance — about high-energy particle physics.
Her performance has drawn a half-million views so far on YouTube.
The 23-year-old Michigan State University graduate and science writer raps about the Large Hadron Collider, the groundbreaking particle accelerator that has been built in a 17-mile circular tunnel at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland.
more HERE


Kate's website HERE