CERN experiments announce first indications of a rare Higgs boson process

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How are you all coping at the moment?

Here in England, I am stuck at home, allowed out once a day for exercise. It has been a confusing past few weeks. Things I had been planning for months were abruptly cancelled, and I then had to quickly make new plans. I am fortunate that I have a place to live and have a job. I have been trying to assist some others unfairly threatened with redundancy, which is rather stressful, much more for them than me.

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“Isn't this exciting? Are you excited? 'Cause I'm excited. It's been such a long time we've had to wait for this, and now this weekend it's finally restarting after a long break and we can look forward to so much exciting new cool stuff. I've never been so excited, well, except for the time that I...”

Images from LHC season 2

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Unlike some fans, I thoroughly enjoyed the new dose of Make Your Mark. Eight episodes of ponies being ponies, with extra glitter, was just what I needed this week as a distraction from the reality of Britain under our new Prime Minister. I’m pleased that the general quality has picked up again. After the brilliant start with the movie, the Chapter 1 special was a little underwhelming, and while fun, Tell Your Tale never really goes beyond a cute side show.

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Vector

360 degree tour of CERN's Large Hadron Collider

Best watched on a phone or tablet so you can pan by moving your device.

Happy New Year everyone.

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Source: Jupiter (NASA), Luna, Twilight.

“How many moons does Jupiter have?” asked Twilight.

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This week we learn that operations at the Large Hadron Collider have been set back after a small weasel chewed through wiring on a 66 kilovolt transformer.

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Anyone connected with the world of High Energy Particle Physics, or anyone who reads lots of popular science articles, may have picked up the news that something interesting has been seen at CERN. Maybe.

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