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XKCD Comic: Hedging Against Those Faster-Than-Light Particles

4:00AM September 24, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Yes, OK, it’s terribly exciting that Einstein’s theory of relativity has been put on notice by some perky faster-than-light neutrinos. But science, I’ve been burned before by your outsized enthusiasms. So here’s a great way to hedge my bets. More »


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DIY Project: Wine Bottle-Sized Subatomic Particle Accelerator

8:00AM August 22, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) televisions may be more than on their way to chill with the dodo bird in the land of extinction, but that doesn’t mean the DIY sect amongst us can’t enjoy its reto goodness anyway. More »


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Fermilab’s Claim Of New Subatomic Particle Discredited By Rival Team

9:00AM June 14, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Fermilab believed they hit the motherlode this past April after findings from the Tevatron particle accelerator suggested a new subatomic particle was out there. A second, independent group has analysed that same data and claim there is no new particle. More »


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What Important Scientific Breakthrough ‘Stirs Considerable Passion In The Breasts Of Physicists’?

12:40AM June 7, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

If proven true, the theoretical physicist John Pendry’s hyperbolic statement won’t just apply to physicists’ breasts, as who isn’t excited by the suggestion that empty space is far from empty. In fact, it might be possible to make sparks fly. More »


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What’s Really Going On With The Latest Higgs Boson Rumour?

4:20AM April 26, 2011 | Alasdair Wilkins

Rumours are again swirling that the Higgs boson, the missing subatomic particle of the Standard Model, has been found at last. But where did these reports come from, and should we believe them? Let’s take a look at the evidence. More »


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Alleged LHC Memo Hints Scientists Have Found The Higgs Boson

9:00AM April 25, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Did scientists running the massive Large Hadron Collider finally discover what Einstein eloquently hypothesised was the “mind of God” for the last 30 years of his life? Possibly, yes, if a memo leaked this week turns out to be legitimate. More »


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Have Scientists Discovered A New Elementary Particle?

1:20PM April 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Researchers at Fermilab, who run the Tevatron particle accelerator, say they’ve discovered a new particle “anomaly”, leading people to think they may have uncovered a new elementary particle or new force of nature. But those working on the project are playing it safe, merely stating that the data is interesting. More »


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Watch The Microwaves Inside A Microwave

9:00AM November 21, 2010 | Casey Chan

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/kAAXpKdQ-mk&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Microwaves don’t just use magic to heat up food, they use real microwaves too. Here’s what those invisible microwaves look like. More »


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Video Analysis Suggests Gulf Spill Could Be Much Worse Than Estimated

8:29AM May 15, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

As BP continues to come up with schemes to slow the Gulf oil spill, new research by NPR suggests that the leak could be far worse than previously thought. More »


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Live Webcast Of LHC Particle Collisions Happening Now

7:56PM March 30, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Tune your tellybox over to this channel now, to view the moment we all get swept into a black hole. Or at the very least, the moment your manager’s ears start steaming with smoke over your laziness. [CERN]