putting the j in jjosh

My fascination with the Large Hadron Collider continues to grow. It looks like the timetable for maybe creating a black hole in Switzerland should go something like this: first tests on Aug 8th, full test in Sept, and first full run "before year’s end". Can’t wait. 

Meanwhile, here’s a rap by a science writer working at the LHC, all about what’s supposed to happen. I love it when science is explained using rap.

from the ever vigilant bb