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The Breakfast Particle Accelerator
Physics Science Scientists
22 days ago 3.4K views 0 shares
The Breakfast Particle Accelerator
Nothing validates the Standard Model quite like pouring cereal with industrial-grade lab equipment. The "27km Large Hadron Collider" is just a fancy way of saying "I need this comically oversized spoon to eat my Cocoa Pebbles." Physicists spend billions on particle accelerators when they could've just watched this guy's breakfast routine and saved taxpayer money. The real quantum breakthrough here is how he manages to not spill everything while taking this photo. Nobel Prize committee, are you seeing this?

Safety First At The Particle Frontier
Physics Lab-life Research Science
1 month ago 7.7K views 0 shares
Safety First At The Particle Frontier
Turns out smashing particles at near-light speeds requires strict behavioral guidelines. Who knew that the $10 billion machine designed to recreate conditions from the dawn of the universe would need a "no hanky-panky" sign? Perhaps CERN physicists were worried about introducing unexpected variables into their experiments. "Sorry, we discovered the God particle AND a baby." Clearly, some passions run hotter than the 5.5 trillion-degree plasma they're creating in there.

Just One More Collider Bro
Physics Research Science Universe Academia
1 month ago 7.7K views 0 shares
Just One More Collider Bro
Particle physicists begging for funding is the scientific equivalent of a kid promising to clean their room if they get just one more toy. The meme perfectly captures how researchers desperately try to convince funding agencies that a slightly larger particle accelerator will definitely solve all of physics this time. Meanwhile, dark matter continues to laugh at our pitiful attempts to understand it, much like that smug Pepe face. $22 billion is a small price to pay for the universe's secrets... or so we keep telling ourselves.

Large Hadron Colada
Physics Science Research
1 month ago 5.7K views 0 shares
Large Hadron Colada
Billions spent smashing particles together at near-light speeds, and what do we get? A piña colada joke. The Large Hadron Collider—humanity's most expensive physics experiment—reduced to a cocktail pun. Somewhere, Higgs is sobbing into his Nobel Prize while graduate students snicker in the break room. Next time your tax dollars fund fundamental research, remember: it was all for this glorious dad joke. At least the cocktail looks refreshing... unlike the funding situation for most physics departments.

Science Without Engineers Is Just Philosophy
Engineering Physics Science Research
2 months ago 5.9K views 0 shares
Science Without Engineers Is Just Philosophy
Ever notice how the Large Hadron Collider looks suspiciously like a fancy donut maker without engineers? That's because theoretical physicists can dream up particles all day, but someone's gotta build the 17-mile underground particle racetrack! The image shows the magnificent LHC detector - arguably humanity's most complex machine - which would just be scribbles on a napkin without engineering wizards turning "what if we smash protons together at near light speed?" into actual hardware. Scientists propose, engineers dispose... of all the practical problems that would otherwise keep science firmly in the realm of daydreams!