“Scientific vocabulary can be so weird. The Large Hadron Collider at CERN has just recorded an example of a subatomic particle called the anti-beauty quark. Could it be that ugly people now have something tangible to blame?” UglinessCernLarge Hadron Collider Author:Michael Quinion
“[On the practical applications of particle physics research with the Large Hadron Collider.] Sometimes the public says, 'What's in it for Numero Uno? Am I going to get better television reception? Am I going to get better Internet reception?' Well, in some sense, yeah. ... All the wonders of quantum physics were learned basically from looking at atom-smasher technology. ... But let me let you in on a secret: We physicists are not driven to do this because of better color television. ... That's a spin-off. We do this because we want to understand our role and our place in the universe.” ScienceUniverseUnderstandingPhysicsQuantum PhysicsPublicBenefitParticle PhysicsLarge Hadron ColliderAtom Smasher Author:Michio Kaku
“New Rule: Instead of using their $10 billion atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider to re-create the Big Bang by melting atom parts in temperatures a million times hotter than the sun, scientists should not do that. I'm just sayin' it sounds dangerous. I'm as interested as the next guy in determining the origin of matter, but first couldn't we solve some simple mystery, like why some-detector batteries always die at four a.m.?” HumorScienceBig BangLarge Hadron Collider Book:The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass Source: The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass