Tag Archive for 'Particle'

Faster Than Who-now?

by Richard Let’s take a break from talking about certain idiocy and, instead, discuss the impossible. Over the last week, the news out of Switzerland has been full of the impossible. Scientists at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), the folks who run the Large Hadron Collider, have clocked a vanishingly small subatomic particle called [...]

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Destiny Schmestiny

by Richard I watch a lot of genre TV and read a lot of genre books. That is, I like science fiction and fantasy and the like. No shame in that. However, there’s something that a lot of genre entertainment shares, and which is creeping into the mainstream, that’s really starting to bug me. That’s [...]

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Hidden Talents: The Stinkening

by Richard This is one of those hidden talents that probably should have stayed, well, hidden. As I said yesterday, I recently found out that I can do household repairs slightly more complicated than changing out a light bulb, which will be of great comfort to those family members for whom I’ve already done what [...]

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