[LiteKeeper]

it hopes will eventually unlock the secrets of the origins of the universe.

I can save them lots of $$s..."In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."

[farmfriend]

Happy reading my friend.

[RightWhale]

a central part of a "how things began" program

Maybe a central part of getting a little closer to "how things began." They'll never get to the first instant. Just closer.

[AndrewC]

which two years ago came tantalisingly close to catching a glimpse of the Higgs boson ...

A unicorn got in the way.

[Physicist]

Atlas, an enormous detector of the micro-items of matter that make up life, the universe and everything.

Penn is a major ATLAS collaborator. I'm not in that group, myself, but I can tell you it's a sharp bunch of guys.

[Focault's Pendulum]

life, the universe and everything.

42.....now where's my check?

[gore3000]

also financially backed by the United States which 10 years ago abandoned an even larger one for cost reasons.

Actually incorrect. It was not abandoned for cost reasons, it was abandoned by a certain rapist because it was in Texas and the people of Texas had had the nerve to elect TWO Republican Senators to represent them.