Released in December 2009, Kate McAlpine (a.k.a. AlpineKat) put together the rather fun “Black Hole Rap” in an effort to trivialize the disinformation being peddled about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). You might remember AlpineKat from the hugely popular (and deliciously geeky) “LHC...

(Note the clever use of CAPS and excessive exclamation marks in the title. It speaks volumes.) I guess this confirms I was wrong. Consider this an apology to all the crackpots, doomsayers, cranks and Walter Wagner. I’m sorry I got it all… so… wrong. While out on the town in London,...

It’s one of those occasions when you’re not sure whether you should laugh… or hold back your giggling because you realise you’re witnessing some very well produced train-wreck TV. Oh yes, it can mean only one thing, Walter Wagner is back! But this time, the media came prepared....

Peter Higgs holds his very own Higgs boson (©Particle Zoo/Peter Higgs) In October, something very special happened to me. There, on the doorstep, a Higgs boson sat, waiting to be picked up and unwrapped from his packaging (and yes, I can confirm, he is a he). Of course, he wasn’t the same...

Engineers are working hard to repair the damage to the LHC (CERN) In a recent BBC interview with the LHC project director Dr Lyn Evans, the Welshman talks about the “collateral damage” caused by the collider’s catastrophic quench that damaged a section of the aligned superconducting...

Q: What does God, Russell Brand and the Higgs boson all have in common? A: Unsurprisingly, not a lot. The candidates (from left to right): 'Eye of God' (a.k.a. the Helix Nebula), Russell Brand (with Kristin Bell on the set of the excellent movie, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and my Higgs boson...

'Why are they doing that?' The Hills Girls bravely confront the LHC and the Big Bang (E! Channel) Superb! The Large Hadron Collider has barged its oversized supercooled magnets into the very popular US teenie drama, “The Hills.” Now I’ve heard it all. Not only did the LHC grand switch-on...

Wagner discovers tiles of uranium-filled death (MSNBC) After chatting with Walter Wagner (the guy who filed the LHC “Doomsday Suit” in an Hawaiian court… only for it to be thrown out last month) on Paranormal Radio in July, I was left a little unsatisfied. By the July 28th radio show,...

Report into Sept. 19th Large Hadron Collider Incident Released The LHC will be out of commission for months (CERN) September 19th was a sad and frustrating day for accelerator physics. After a long, long wait, the world was sitting on the edge of their seats, anticipating news about the first proton...

The Large Hadron Collider is now officially safe in the eyes of the law (and no, that's not because it broke down). Credit: CERN Oh no! It’s all over. The US Large Hadron Collider lawsuit filed by Walter Wagner and Luis Sancho has failed. On Friday, Hawaiian Federal Judge Helen Gillmor officially...