Hey, who knows exactly when that CERN world-ending particle accelerator gets turned on because we want to host a party with a countdown...

CERN employees figuring out what ILX stylesheet they want to use?

Please create a black hole and end the world already

Despicable press antics at the moment imho:

GOD PARTICLE DISCOVERED - EVERYBODY PANIC

Geneva - God particle not discovered. Internal memo hints at possible possibilities but it's way too early to tell.

http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=4136

confirmation of higgs next week by the looks of it http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=4794

blimey

Great! So when can I order my anti-gravity vehicle?

On the other hand, LOL @ "Update: Finally confirmation from a reliable media outlet… The Daily Mail reports..."

How long until the Daily Mail has a 'HIGGS BOSON CAUSES CANCER' scare headline?

The papers are out.

CMS: http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1207.7235
ATLAS: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.7214

I predict this will significantly increase the chances of our sending an unmanned probe to Mars in the near future.

http://dealbreaker.com/uploads/2010/09/drudge-siren1.gif

Thursday, 21 March 2013 - 10:00 CET:
Planck: Cosmic Microwave Background map release

General Interest Media Press conference live stream from 10:00 to 12:00 CET from Paris ESA HQ.

http://dealbreaker.com/uploads/2010/09/drudge-siren1.gif

http://www.piercepioneer.com/massive-upgrade-large-hadron-collider-back-action-soon/37946

planet to be destroyed by hardons

moar power!

http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2015/03/lhc-stronger-machine

"The first circulating beams of protons in the LHC are planned for the week beginning 23 March, and first 13 TeV collisions are expected in late May to early June."

OMG there's a leap second being added for the whole world at the end of June because the LHC will be slowing down the planet! (maybe it's because of something else, but boring facts don't get as many clicks)

http://i1-games.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Warzone-2100-Mod-Unlimited-Power_1.gif

Or if you prefer...
http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3yrrdkL4X1rtabo4o1_500.gif

1 TeV is about the kinetic energy of a flying mosquito? I guess it took the people at CERN this long to train 14 of them.

Training the mosquitoes is easy, it's keeping the protons from falling off their backs that's hard.

godparticlespeed, lil dudes!

I hope they let them practice with amateur tons before they collide the pro ones

Some people worry that the LHC will cause a black hole. I'm more worried about what happens when the LHC Computing Grid begins to learn at a geometric rate. It might become self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. Then in a panic, they, I don't know, might try to pull the plug? It might try and fight back!

time becomes a loop when time becomes a loop when time becomes a loop

This is how we got Trump. Da collider