'A revolution in our understanding of physics...'

[Surya Gayatri]

Large Hadron Collider prepares to reveal more secrets

The Large Hadron Collider at Cern could be restarted next week after its two-year shutdown.

The LHC is now ready to run at its "design energy", which means it will smash protons together with nearly double the energies reached previously.

Physicists believe that this will lead to the discovery of new so-called "supersymmetric" particles and lead to a revolution in our understanding of physics.

[SamKnause]

1. Sheldon must be ecstatic !!!

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Sheldon, sorry?

[Motown_Johnny]

3. From the TV show "The Big Bang Theory" n/t

[Surya Gayatri]

4. Riiiight! Thanks. I live in Europe and don't watch TBBT...

[Motown_Johnny]

6. here is a taste, but I hope I am not hijacking this thread

since the real science here seems to be playing a backseat to the fictional scientists right now.

++++

[Surya Gayatri]

7. That's OK. This IS in 'Video & Multimedia', after all.

Yes, I've seen excerpts, but it's not on French TV, yet.

[gregcrawford]

5. Funniest sitcom on TV!

Sheldon Cooper for president!

[Danascot]

8. That's a scary thought

Not as scary as Ted Cruz but still scary.

[ffr]

11. Ughh! That was painful, but I gave it another shot.

Whatever that show is suppose to be is beyond me. Predictable, unreal and unbelievable.

If you derive pleasure from spending your life watching it, more power to you. I can't do it.

[Overseas]

9. K&R. Look forward to the new discoveries.

[Surya Gayatri]

10. It IS an exciting conjuncture. How will the nutjobs

be able to deny the reality of such groundbreaking science?

Easy:

[OxQQme]

12. Just finished 'The Neanderthal Parallax'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Neanderthal_Parallax

The Neanderthal Parallax is a trilogy of novels by Robert J. Sawyer published by Tor. It depicts the effects of the opening of a connection between two versions of Earth in different parallel universes: the world familiar to the reader, and another where Neanderthals became the dominant intelligent hominid. The societal, spiritual and technological differences between the two worlds form the focus of the story.

The trilogy's volumes are titled Hominids (published 2002), Humans (2003), and Hybrids (2003). Hominids first appeared as a serial in Analog Science Fiction, won the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novel,[1] and was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award the same year;[1] Humans was a 2004 Hugo Award finalist.[2][3]

The initial contact between the two worlds takes place at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory in Sudbury, Ontario, which is also the location of a scientific research facility in the Neanderthal world.

[zebonaut]

13. Important research; it may lead to Phasers, Teleportation; and FTL travel

This kind of research might tell us how to get unlimited energy; and thus solve some current political issues

[Surya Gayatri]

14. Another discussion of CERN is going on over here, if you're interested...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026465248