Quark, Strangelet and Charm

As I type, it is a little over 10 minutes until we are all turned to soup. There are those who suggest that it will be custard, but my money is on soup or nothing. Lumpy soup.

If the world doers end at 8.30am BST, I should like to place it on record here that it has officially been a pleasure.

If the world does not end at 8.30am BST, I should like to place it on record here that it has officially not been a pleasure.

Er...

Quark, Strangelet and Charm

As I type, it is a little over 10 minutes until we are all turned to soup. There are those who suggest that it will be custard, but my money is on soup or nothing. Lumpy soup.

If the world doers end at 8.30am BST, I should like to place it on record here that it has officially been a pleasure.

If the world does not end at 8.30am BST, I should like to place it on record here that it has officially not been a pleasure.

Er...

Oh...

Still here.

'Spose I better get dressed and go to work. I didn't iron a shirt on account, you know, of the end of the world.

Oh...

Still here.

'Spose I better get dressed and go to work. I didn't iron a shirt on account, you know, of the end of the world.

His over-all size is mind boggling, but great Googa-la-Mooga, look at his jaw...

To continue upon a theme (because they just don't come along that often):

A Belgian scientist working in the CERN Labs Geneva, stated this morning that despite their failure in ending the world, they were confident that in the next month the organisation would be able to produce a recordable and measurable oxymoron, to whit, a microscopic “Big Bang”.


Belgian Scientist

In the meantime, early reports from the labs suggest that initial attempts to fire up the machine have gone well and they have fired a beam of particles called protons around the 27km-long tunnel which houses the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Eventually, they will fire two beams in opposite directions and at allotted points around the tunnel the beams will cross paths, smashing together near four massive "detectors" that monitor the collisions for interesting events.

Scientists are hoping that new sub-atomic particles will emerge, revealing fundamental insights into the nature of the cosmos.


Team remains hopeful (Centre: Gustav Quark-Gluon)

A lot of speculation has taken place over what may or may not happen. Certainly Chernobyl proved that the comic books lied to us as children – radiation does not bestow super powers immediately or via mutants (chiz). Although I remain hopeful, I do not expect to see giant mutant monsters from the eighth dimension, either.


Rommbu from the eighth dimension

Which is a shame, because they look pretty cool…

His over-all size is mind boggling, but great Googa-la-Mooga, look at his jaw...

To continue upon a theme (because they just don't come along that often):

A Belgian scientist working in the CERN Labs Geneva, stated this morning that despite their failure in ending the world, they were confident that in the next month the organisation would be able to produce a recordable and measurable oxymoron, to whit, a microscopic “Big Bang”.


Belgian Scientist

In the meantime, early reports from the labs suggest that initial attempts to fire up the machine have gone well and they have fired a beam of particles called protons around the 27km-long tunnel which houses the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Eventually, they will fire two beams in opposite directions and at allotted points around the tunnel the beams will cross paths, smashing together near four massive "detectors" that monitor the collisions for interesting events.

Scientists are hoping that new sub-atomic particles will emerge, revealing fundamental insights into the nature of the cosmos.


Team remains hopeful (Centre: Gustav Quark-Gluon)

A lot of speculation has taken place over what may or may not happen. Certainly Chernobyl proved that the comic books lied to us as children – radiation does not bestow super powers immediately or via mutants (chiz). Although I remain hopeful, I do not expect to see giant mutant monsters from the eighth dimension, either.


Rommbu from the eighth dimension

Which is a shame, because they look pretty cool…