More info: www.bbc.co.uk Playlist: www.youtube.com Radio 4 joins CERN on 10 September 2008 as scientists attempt to discover more about the origins of the Universe by recreating the aftermath of the Big Bang. Here’s Brian Cox on particle collisions and journeys into the unknown.

Part 4 www.youtube.com Phil Plait works in the physics and astronomy department at Sonoma State University. In the early 90s, he started Badastronomy.com, which has become a popular website focused on educating the public about astronomy and space science, especially as regards common misconceptions and pseudoscientific astronomy claims. In recent years, he has also been involved with debunking several more general pseudoscientific theories. In March 2006, Science magazine celebrated the Bad Astronomy website, praising Plaits blog, begun in March 2005. This blog was also a finalist for the 2006 Weblog Award (the Bloggie). The author of one book, The Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait is also a regular contributor to many online publications, including The Huffington Post. In this interview with DJ Grothe, Phil Plait discusses science education, the need for the public appreciation of science, public investment in space science, and how such investment benefits society. He also addresses the question of sciences compatibility with religion, and explores social conflicts surrounding the teaching of evolution in the public schools. www.pointofinquiry.org

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My video tribute to the probably the greatest scientific achievment of mankind so far the Large Hadron Collider built by CERN. music: clocks by Coldplay. conact: callum.macdonald1979@gmail.com

Science & Reason on Facebook: tinyurl.com Physics (Chapter 1): Fission And Fusion. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Consider the earth and a rocket ship which are bound together by gravity. If it takes work or energy to pull them apart, then the binding energy is the amount of energy it takes to completely separate them. Similarly the binding energy in a nucleus is the amount of energy it takes to completely separate the protons and neutrons, (collectively called nucleons.) There are two forces acting inside the nucleus of atoms. The nuclear force — a residuum of the strong force that holds quarks together — is pulling the neutrons and protons together — and the electric charge on the protons is pushing them apart. The strong force is a lot stronger than the electric force at short ranges up to two and a half times the proton diameter, but at larger distances the electric force dominates. This increase in binding energy continues until we get to iron and nickel where the nucleus has about 60 nucleons in it. At this point, the nucleus has a radius more than two and a half nucleons wide, which you remember is the range at which the repulsive ElectroMagnetic Force begins to dominate.. . So as we add nucleons past this point the electric force trying to tear the nucleus apart starts winning and each added nucleon is a little less-tightly bound. — The Cassiopeia Project is an effort to make high …

A film about Dark Matter – Dr Tara Shears explains why scientists think that most of the mass in the universe is made up of something we can’t see and how a new experiment called the Large Hadron Collider might finally tell us exactly what this “Dark Matter” is. To learn more visit www.labreporter.com

This is a premature celebration of the upcoming discovery of the Higgs Boson, at CERN. The music is written and created by Don Garbutt, with a nod to Gordon Kane, for his inspirational book “Supersymmetry”. All sounds were created on the ARP 2600 analog synthesizer, with performance help from the interactive software program “M” by Cycling ’74. Individual tracks were imaged in 3-D sound with “Protron” software by Crystal River Engineering. Headphones are recommended for the full immersion effect. Vocalizations were performed on keyboard using the Roland VariOS instrument. Thanks to Leif Baker for his “Science News Guy” announcement and his enthusiasm.

The world’s largest particle physics laboratory is under construction on the border between Switzerland and France. At the heart is the Large Hadron Collider Particle Accelerator being built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Its members hope it will reveal secrets of the universe and its formation. The goal of the project is to discover the origin of matter by replicating conditions just after “the big bang.” Twenty nations and international bodies make up CERN. Last April, scientists and journalists gathered at its Swiss headquarters, as the last of 1700 huge magnets was lowered into the Large Hadron Collider or LHC. CERN Director General Robert Aymar said, “It is an enormous task, with very tricky logistics, because the tunnel is very narrow, and when we move the magnets in nobody can be in the way.” The particle accelerator and collider is a 27 kilometer tunnel, about 100 meters underground. CERN spokesman James Gillies describes the accelerator. “This is a discovery machine. It’s built to make discoveries and is going to tell us lots of new things about the universe.” If all goes as planned, subatomic particles will be accelerated around the tunnel next year, eventually approach light speed, and smash into one another. Gillies adds, “To me the most exciting thing is that we know an awful lot about a small amount of the universe. We understand the stars, the galaxies, the stuff which makes up you and me, but we also know from cosmology that is …

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A reminder of the things mankind can accomplish when its intelligence, ingenuity, and determination are focused in the right direction, and our skills are used for the benefit of all mankind rather than for the greed and prosperity of a few. Footage includes space missions, advanced robotics, biological and medical advancement, particle physics and cosmology. Audio excerpts include JFK, Stephen Hawking, Teddy Kennedy and Carl Sagan. Music by Brian Eno