Daily Archives: November 9, 2009
Leave No Crumb Unturned
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Baguette breaks collider
The Nature blog asks the hard-hitting (presumably from high-energy particle interactions) questions about the latest CERN incident.
Has anyone considered the possibility that the baguette came from the future to sabotage the LHC? Is there any indication that this is a futuristic baguette?
The possibility has been examined by theoretical physicists – considered unlikely as they feel baguettes will not play a part in future cultures.
Doin' it Right
Outside The Interzone: Reporting Done Right
Quit copying press releases. They’re not about research. Some of the relevant information might be in the press release, but part of what we used to expect from journalism was that it would do the hard work of making sense of something, then explain it in a way that was mostly accurate, reasonably objective, and palatable to consume for the average high schooler.
I’m not demanding perfection, I’m just asking that you do your jobs.