Entries for August 30th, 2008

CERN Collider Rap

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

So the large hadron collider is about to be fired up in France and Switzerland.  The 26-mile oval-like, underground tube will help scientists determine, once and for all, the existence and behavior of anti-matter.

The collider will be switched on on the 10th of September - that is, if a group of irrate scientists, professors, and theorist from Switzerland, Austria, France, and Germany can’t stop the party. These concerned Eurozens think that the dangers of starting of the collider need to be considered more carefully - including the possibility that a black hole could swallow up the Earth. What’s more likely is that the scientists will better understand - and perhaps identify the elusive Higgs Boson particle.


CERN Rap from Will Barras on Vimeo.

Wind Turbines Explode Bats’ Lungs

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Researchers have found that approximately 2/3 of the winged creatures found dead near wind power turbines are bats.  The mystery was how the bats were killed. Most birds are killed from direct hits with the turbines, and often present external injuries, but according to recent findings, bats die due to the blood vessels in their lungs bursting. Find out how this happens in the video below.