[unkus]

I'm glad that experiment will take place in France, NOT the USA

[LibWhacker]

When the particles smash into each other inside the CMS detector the high energy conditions created in these collisions will be similar to those that occurred in the first instants of the universe, immediately after the Big Bang.

When the laws of physics were laid down? Cool, we could use some more laws! ;-)

[chatham]

Would Ms. Clinton and Bill lan Lee, have still gotten the three Black Panthers, who poured Boiling Water over and then shot one of their brothers to death, out of prison who they thought was a squealer, if she knew then what she knows now.

[Sender]

You'll put your eye out with that thing kid.

[RightWhale]

It has to be tough to have a clue what is going on with all these thousands of subatomic particles and 32 symmetry dimensions, but fortunately one of the lead physicists in the world has written a huge book that lays out all his mathematical secrets. It's a thousand pages and all math so far as I have read (250 of 1000 pages), but it's all there, put together and assembled. The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose. Whether it is the ultimate reality in a philosophical sense is doubtful, but it is where physics and cosmology are now.

[Raycpa]

[Hot Tabasco]

Looks like a primitive Stargate to me...........I would be very scared if some dude with a gold thing on his forehead stepped thru it..........

[concentric circles]

Anyone interested in this subject will enjoy Tuesday night's show with Milt Rosenberg on WGN Radio 720 in Chicago.

On December 19th from 9pm - 11pm CST, streaming via Real Media here:

THE LATEST RESEARCH AT ARGONNE AND FERMILAB
Chicago is home to two of the top scientific research facilities in the country—the Argonne National Laboratory and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, perhaps better known as Fermilab. Both are affiliated with the University of Chicago and both conduct experiments that are on the forefront of astrophysics, particle physics, biochemistry, and more. Tonight, we welcome researchers from both facilities who will discuss their latest breakthroughs and detail how Fermilab and Argonne are key players in today’s international science scene. Our guests are TOM ROSENBAUM, Vice President for Research and Argonne National Laboratory at the University of Chicago, ROBERT ROSNER, director of Argonne National Laboratory, PIER ODDONE, director of Fermilab, and MICHAEL TURNER, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago and a researcher at Fermilab.

If you should happen to start delving into the show's audio archives be sure to check out his interview with Mark Steyn on October 17th. They formed a great tag team against terrorists.

[SunkenCiv]

from last year about this time; a ping because the STPL has been slow lately:

[samtheman]

Preparing For The Biggest Experiment On Earth

We already know what the answer is going to be:

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