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Professor Brian Cox is my kind of guy

| 5. Juli 2012

To quote Professor Cox: Understanding the universe is self-evidently a sensible thing to do, because our civilization is built on it. And the quote is taken from this interview: If only more people like him would teach science to our children! What advances we could make even compared to the ones we are making right [...]

Higgs Discovery cost Stephen Hawking $100

| 5. Juli 2012

Oh dear! The Higgs boson has not even been confirmed 100% since it is only “highly likely” right now, and already the bad news are coming in! Stephan Hawking has lost 100$ in a bet on the Higgs boson. The bet was done with the best intentions, mind you, as Professor Hawking explains: What a [...]