7.30.2008

Large Hadron Collider Rap

Astroparticle physics doesn't make the news too often, but the Large Hadron Collider has been getting a fair amount of press over the past few weeks due to the infinitesimal chance that the device will create a black hole. This possibility was explained away by a physicist from Columbia, then riffed on by author Lydia Millet on an episode of WNYC's Studio 360. For a quirky overview of what exactly its purpose is, this video might clear things up.

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