• Question: Not many people know lots, or have ever heard of the large hadron collider. Do you think that we should know more about it?

    Asked by Matt11 to Anna, George, Rob, Stefan on 20 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Stefan Lines

      Stefan Lines answered on 20 Nov 2014:

      I’m surprised not many people have heard of the LHC, especially after all the nonsense negative media attention, with regards to black holes and the end of the world. I don’t work in particle physics, so I don’t know much about it either, other than the basic aims of the project. I’d like to know more, but it is complicated sub-atomic particle physics.

    • Photo: Anna Scaife

      Anna Scaife answered on 20 Nov 2014:

      Hey Matt – I don’t work on the LHC but it does really exciting stuff. I think everyone should know about it – then they can decide for themselves whether they find it interesting too 🙂

    • Photo: Rob Appleyard

      Rob Appleyard answered on 20 Nov 2014:

      Sure, it’s one of the biggest scientific projects in the world today. I look after some of the LHC’s data, and while part of my job includes telling people about what we do, it’s always hard to reach as many people as we would like to.

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