We’re nowhere near having a complete understanding of our universe. Here’s a nice video where physicists Daniel Whiteson and Jonathan Feng discuss why:
via PHD Comics
Large Hadron Collider
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, just succeeded in colliding particles in the Large Hadron Collider after years of pigeons, baguettes and other interesting service disruptions — and hey, would you look at that, we’re all still here.
I’ll regret writing that when I get jumped by headcrabs and vortigaunts in the morning.
See the official press release and the event’s live commentary. To the Higgs Boson!