This video was going around the geekosphere a few weeks ago, but it’s appropriate today, since they’ve officially hit the switch on the Large Hadron Collider. I understand (because I have to be told) that the science in the rap is good for anyone who wants to try and understand what it is exactly that the LHC does.
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The site that answers the question, “Has the Large Hadron Collider Destroyed the World Yet?” has been getting all the play, but the live-blogging of the opening events at Cosmic Variance is more informative.
In other nerd news, Bad Astronomer Phil Plait put out a great digest of Barack Obama’s science policy that I think you should read. This is one critical area that Hillary Clinton covered well during the primaries, that I felt Obama did not. I’m happy to see that he’s adopted most of what I liked about her platform, and then some. Yay!
P.S. Yo, America – let’s call a moratorium on thinking about, discussing or otherwise considering animals wearing make-up, okay? All of these euphemisms are making the presidential election seem like a Fellini film.
P.P.S. John McCain, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. I mean, really.
Copyright Tracy Zollinger Turner, Tinymantras.com, 2008.
I’m with ya on the makeup on animals. They don’t want any makeup. It’s just creepy.
I was thrilled when I heard they had flipped the switch!
Other good news- my mailman just dropped off the bottle of perfume I ordered from eBay. Thank you so much for the idea.