New York Times LHC Article

this is almost old by now, but it's a nice article written by dennis overbye at the nytimes about the LHC and its importance to the field of particle physics.

"What shocks me about an electron in a Penning trap is..."

this is absolutely hilarious: conan o'brian and jim carrey talk quantum physics. credit goes here.

[penning traps are actually quite cool: at CERN they are used to store antimatter.]