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Large Hadron Collider roars to life
The much-delayed, problem-plagued European Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator, is finally beginning to show off the technological muscle that is expected to produce some of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 21st...Tags: John Johnson, Science and Technology, Applied Physics, Science, Cosmology
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'The Gates' by John Connolly
John Connolly's YA novel "The Gates" is the perfect book for Halloween -- a laugh-out-loud funny tale about a boy who must find a way to close the gates of hell (and save humanity!) after his goofy neighbors accidentally open them during a séance,...Tags: Albert Einstein, Adults, Religious Festivals, Science, Fiction
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Brand X Files: 'Jersey Shore' boys duped. Gloria Steinem on Sarah Palin. Tasteless eatery to serve lion burgers
Brand XMale cast members of MTV's 'Jersey Shore' duped into posing for Village Voice 'Queer Issue' cover: "They didn't know," a source told Page Six. (New York Post) Landon Donovan captures American spirit with dramatic goal: At the 11th hour, when hope was... -
Bringing science back into America's sphere
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Science has become much less cool," journalist Chris Mooney writes in his new book, "Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future" (July 2009, Basic Books). Mooney, author of the bestseller "The Republican War on Science," and his...Tags: Genetics, Pharmaceuticals, Health and Safety at School, Pluto (fictional animal), Global Warming
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Tuesday's TV Talk Shows: President Obama appears on 'Today'
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of March 28 - April 3 in PDF format This week's TV Movies The Early Show Carrie Underwood. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today President Obama; Alan Jackson; Jeff Goldblum and Saffron...... -
New atom-smasher generates hope, fear
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMichelangelo L. Mangano, a respected particle physicist who helped discover the top quark in 1995, now spends most days trying to convince people that his new machine won't destroy the world. "If it were just crackpots, we could wave them away," the...Tags: Charles Darwin, John Johnson, Health and Safety at School, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Stephen Hawking
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'Post Consumed' at the Center for Land Use Interpretation
Special to The TimesOne of the best things about exhibitions at the Center for Land Use Interpretation is that they present visitors with loads of information without telling them what to think. "Post Consumed: The Landscape of Waste in Los Angeles" is vintage C.L.U.I....Tags: Arts and Culture, Museum Dioramas, Arts, Fashion Shows, Flat Feet
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Massive Mahler with a strong pull
Times Music CriticThe world did not end Wednesday morning after scientists near Geneva turned on the Large Hadron Collider, smashing protons onto protons at nearly the speed of light. At least I don't think a black hole was formed, as some feared could happen,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Walt Disney, Science and Technology, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Geneva (Swiss Confederation)
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Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger's 'End. > vacuum' to premiere at UCLA's Royce Hall
Special to The TimesAs the guitarist for hard-edged pop-rock band Incubus, Mike Einziger has headlined arenas and festivals around the world. But standing in a rehearsal room at Los Angeles Valley College in front of an assembly of trained musicians gearing up to perform his...Tags: Danny Elfman, Radiohead (music group), University of California, Los Angeles, Education, Science and Technology
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College graduates getting a B.A. in IOUs
Funny MoneyIt's commencement season, which is the time when middle-aged crabs like me offer our sage wisdom to you, our graduating young'uns. We do this not only out of a sense of duty but also because we are deluded enough to think that you might just pay...Tags: Graduation, Credit and Debt, The Detroit News, Apple iPhone, Colleges and Universities
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“Eve of Destruction”: Reelz miniseries pits Steven Weber vs. global disaster
Channel Guide MagazineEve of Destruction (Part 1) Friday, April 12; (Part 2) Saturday, April 13 ReelzChannel, 8pm ET/5pm PT (with encore airings at 1am ET/10pm PT) Well, you just knew they weren't going to get away with all that Large Hadron Collider business and not spawn a... -
Did God create the God particle?
Contributing WriterThe smokehad barely settled from the conclave of cardinals’ announcement that Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio had been elected as Pope Francis, when the scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland, made their own...Tags: Papal Conclave (2013), Science and Technology, Francis I, Easter, Higgs Boson Search
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