[Minn]

But that is enough to give physicists fodder for years of study that they hope will help them understand why and how the universe formed.

When I read things like that I wonder if these people just make stuff up to get grants.

[a fool in paradise]

fodder for years of study that they hope will help them understand why and how the universe formed.

Scientists will be hiring philosphers for this I presume...

[Seven plus One]

When I read things like that I wonder if these people just make stuff up to get grants.

Nah. High energy physics is genuine science.

http://www.bnl.gov/rhic/default.asp

Big machines operating at these energy levels with the precision needed to collide heavy ions and then measure the results are pretty expensive, though.