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Category Archives: physics
Five habits for making ground breaking advances in science
In 1996 Douglas Osheroff received the Nobel Prize in Physics together with David Lee and Robert C. Richardson for their discovery of the superfluid phase of helium-3, as a matter of fact, they actually discovered three superfluid phases. Superfluidity is … Continue reading
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Debunking nonsense "science" and erroneous lyrics
In his TED talk Michael Shermer, an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor of its magazine Skeptic, eloquently and rapaciously debunks claims of the paranormal, fringe groups, cults, claims, pseudoscience, non-science, junk science, … Continue reading
Posted in humour, Katie Melua, Michael Shermer, physics, science, Simon Singh, TED
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Get yourself a Higgs Boson for only $9.75 (+S&H)
In case you just can’t wait until the Large Hadron Collider (aka LHC) unravels the Higgs Boson for the world to see (is that an oxymoron?) you can now get your very own Higgs. For only $9.75 (+S&H) you can … Continue reading
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One short trip for a proton, but one giant leap for mankind
history in the making – control room – no certainties – webcast – YES! – very successful – first stage – full speed – circulating beam – LHC is its own prototype – keeping a close eye – bicycles – … Continue reading
LHC First Beam Party – a blast of a party
In less than 12 hrs the first the first beam will circulate through the massive Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN taking particle physics research to a new frontier and changing our entire world view. All around the world scientists … Continue reading
Shagadelic LHC rap
The wet dream of many a science geeks is about to come true. In a few hours the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, will make its first attempt to circulate a beam (on … Continue reading
