Amazing machine...

...built to search for "The God Particle" and featured in National Geographic. Be sure to check out the photo gallery.

Book TV - The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

Saw a great talk on CSPAN's Book TV this weekend, from Steven Pinker on The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature. If you haven't caught it, it's being repeated on Dec 2 1200 AM. Set your recording device and prepare for a Sunday morning of laughter at his talk on "crazy language" in general and "swearing as the language of emotion" in particular.

Fucking brilliant.