Physicists want to find out whether or not nature is supersymmetric. Supersymmetry means that there is a symmetry between matter and forces. For each type of electron and quark there is a corresponding heavy, supersymmetric partner. The supersymmetric particles were created in the instant after theB...
Another fine example of nerd sniping, as mentioned in the title text. There are pieces of circuit diagrams, road maps, chemical diagrams, and other things all mixed in. Explanations for each below! Image Fragment Image Location Description 106×37 @ 19,25 A map scale. Lists kilometers and...
“I swam competitively as a child. It started out with the Community Games and then I went on to triathlons and the Iron Man. But I was the ‘wetsuit wimp’; no-one swam without a wetsuit in the winter,” says Orlagh McAdam. “Then, I started taking the w...