http://nriworld.net/2016/05/pop-goes-th ... he-weasel/
if they're not making Gordy's life a living hell (kudos to whoever gets the ref), they're damaging colliders
has anyone heard the joke about the weasel and the collider?
has anyone heard the joke about the weasel and the collider?
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Re: has anyone heard the joke about the weasel and the colli
Not a joke, unfortunately, but the LHC is back running again.
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Re: has anyone heard the joke about the weasel and the colli
Given the press misreporting of science I suppose it's not surprising that they called it a weasel when in fact it was a marten.
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Re: has anyone heard the joke about the weasel and the colli
Not so fast …DCWhitworth wrote:Given the press misreporting of science I suppose it's not surprising that they called it a weasel when in fact it was a marten.
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider experienced a “severe electrical perturbation” that “damaged” transformer connections due to a “short circuit caused by fouine,” according to a briefing that the organization published. The French dictionary Larousse translates “fouine” as both a weasel and a beech marten. - http://time.com/4312818/cern-weasel-mar ... rn-hadron/
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Re: has anyone heard the joke about the weasel and the colli
I like that headlinechelle wrote:Not so fast …DCWhitworth wrote:Given the press misreporting of science I suppose it's not surprising that they called it a weasel when in fact it was a marten.
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider experienced a “severe electrical perturbation” that “damaged” transformer connections due to a “short circuit caused by fouine,” according to a briefing that the organization published. The French dictionary Larousse translates “fouine” as both a weasel and a beech marten. - http://time.com/4312818/cern-weasel-mar ... rn-hadron/
But the vast majority of the press have described it as a weasel in their headlines even if they later go on to admit it is actually a marten later in the article. Such scientific inexactitude is inexcusible !!
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Re: has anyone heard the joke about the weasel and the colli
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