Nice to see this long overlooked player in particle physics research now getting the recognition she deserves:
Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator

New baby bison born at Fermilab. This calls for cute pictures and a link to an old vignette.

Twilight and Pinkie visit Fermilab (Batavia, Illinois)

Last week turned out much more exciting than expected. We got the first dose of Tell Your Tale on Thursday, which was very nice, but not quite the same level of awesomeness as the announcement from Fermilab on Friday that they’ve measured the mass of the W boson and it doesn’t fit the theory.

Let’s tell this tale.

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Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie lay on the grass in the middle of a field of reclaimed prairie on the site of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, together with a group of the resident buffalo with whom they had just made friends. In the distance they could see the distinctive shape of the high-rise laboratory building of Wilson Hall.

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This post is a long read. A rambling personal story with a big dose of particle physics.

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