Showing posts with label high-energy physics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label high-energy physics. Show all posts

Monday, June 27, 2016

Lots of Discussions, But Which of Them Were Useful?

This paper has a gem in its acknowledgements.


(Tip of the hat to Robert Garisto for his tweet, which provided enough fodder for Google.)

Friday, April 29, 2016

Headline: "Weasel Apparently Shuts Down World's Most Powerful Particle Collider"

Here's a headline you don't see every day.

Choice quote: "There have been previous incidents, including one in 2009, when a bird is believed to have dropped a baguette onto critical electrical systems."

(Tip of the cap to Graeme Smith.)