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CERN's supercollider - Brian Cox

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"Rock-star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging and accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive project.

One of the twelve elementary particles, the tau neutrino, was just discovered in 2000. Does the fact that this discovery happened relatively recently surprise you? Why or why not? Do you think the general public thinks of science as a field where we ‘have all the answers’ or where much is still unknown—and does that perception vary depending on what branch of science you’re talking about (e.g., geology vs. biology vs. astronomy)?

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