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Physicists Move One Step Closer to Discovering The Anti-You

Seconds after the Big Bang, the Universe was a soup of matter and antimatter. But today, everything around us is matter. So what and where is the antimatter? Last week, scientists came one step closer to finding out. Working with the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in upstate New York, a group of scientists discovered … Continued

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LHC-Themed T-Shirts Commemorate the Non-Destruction of Earth

Now that the Large Hadron Collider has been switched on and the world remains more or less intact, Hadron-mania has gripped the Internet. LHC enthusiasts check the status of Earth’s destruction, view Collider porn, and, of course, commemorate the event itself with clever t-shirts. If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the particle physicist … Continued

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About the Large Hadron Collider, via Rap

Click to viewScience can be pretty weird, especially theoretical physics, but weirder still is watching someone rapping about the Large Hadron Collider. (That’s the giant device in Switzerland that will recreate the Big Bang, among other things.) Time to recalibrate your strangeness meters – science writer Kate McAlpine and some friends filmed themselves busting various … Continued

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CERN to Morons: Large Hadron Collider Won’t Destroy Earth. Morons.

Contrary to the somewhat feverish claims laid out in an recent lawsuit, when our favorite particle-smashing, Force-finding Large Hadron Collider is switched on soon it will not result in the destruction of life as we know it. Such claims are “complete nonsense” say the scientists at CERN (and everywhere else,) in response to the suit. … Continued