On the recent SLAC/Fermilab/U.S. LHC trip to Washington D.C., a challenge was put to us: high-energy physics, as a field, needs a “Theory of Spinoffs”. We sell our field based on the compelling nature of the science, and it’s a great story. But, went the argument, the Congress (and […]
Daily Archives: April 5, 2008
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Today and tomorrow are the last scheduled shifts for the Babar experiment. I have the pleasure of being on shift as the Liaison yet again, sitting in the main accelerator control room and passing information between Babar and the accelerator operators. Jodi came with me and baked a bunch of […]
This week got kicked off with the news of a lawsuit, filed in Hawaii, to stop the turn on of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The week got weirder. The story got some traction on the comedy show circuit. “The Daily Show” and “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me” both […]