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  • Physics Wars - Wired
    The universe has a problem. The math that describes gravity and the structure of spacetime – general relativity – conflicts with the math that describes the interactions of subatomic particles – quantum mechanics. For the past two decades, the ...

  • TIMELINE: Major events for CERN and particle physics - Reuters
    (Reuters) - The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, is the world's largest particle physics laboratory. Its scientists began an experiment on Wednesday to re-enact the "Big Bang" that created the universe. Following is a brief ...

  • Europe leaps ahead on physics frontier - MSNBC
    MEYRIN, Switzerland - Adam Yurkewicz was born, raised and schooled in New York state, intending to become an engineer. But in 1996, during his junior year in college, he got hooked on quantum electrodynamics and other wild ideas from the frontiers of ...

  • When rap, physics, and fame collide - CNET News
    You can put Kate McAlpine in a giant particle accelerator 300 feet underground. You can even put her in a rap video. Just don't put her in a box. That's a tenet the 23-year-old Michigan native--who recently climbed the YouTube charts with a rap video ...

  • Rap and physics: Two worlds collide - Seattle Times
    EAST LANSING, Mich. — Who says science doesn't turn people on? Kate McAlpine is a rising star on YouTube for her rap performance — about high-energy particle physics. Her performance has drawn 500,000 views so far on You Tube ( www.youtube.com ...

  • CHRONOLOGY-Major events for CERN and particle physics - Reuters UK
    (Reuters) - The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, is the world's largest particle physics laboratory. Its scientists are preparing to start a small-scale re-enactment of the "Big Bang" that created the universe. Following is ...

  • Why can't science journalists just tell it like it is when it comes to ... - Slate
    The Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg once summed up his feeling about people who saw evidence of the divine in the laws of physics like so: "I don't know why they use words like 'designer' or 'God,' except perhaps as a form of protective ...

  • This Machine Is the Future of Physics - Wired News
    The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most-powerful atom smasher, is an engineering marvel constructed hundreds of feet underground. Composed of millions of individual pieces, the collider uses more than 9,000 magnets to accelerate two beams of ...

  • FACTBOX: Glossary of particle physics terms - Reuters
    (Reuters) - Scientists started an experiment on Wednesday that aims to re-enact on a small scale the "Big Bang" that created the universe, possibly unlocking the remaining secrets of particle physics. Following is a glossary of some of the terms ...

  • Exacting in life, from faith to physics - St. Petersburg Times
    BRANDON — It was only natural that Ivor Groves would develop a penchant for all things electrical and mechanical. When he was a boy in Tampa, his father was a refrigerator repairman, back when refrigerators were considered high-tech. His father ...