Discovery.com: 10 Questions the LHC May Answer

18 Dec

During my last semester of college, I wrote an article titled “10 Questions the LHC May Answer” as part of a science journalism class. The article was accepted for publication on Discovery.com, and it appeared online in conjunction with the Large Hadron Collider’s return to operations after a year off-line.

The article is designed essentially as a photo essay. Do take a look–the photos of the machine and illustrations of the research are, to me, really stellar (ha).

The article was originally posted to the site on November 24, 2009.

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Andrea Parins September 20, 2010 at 11:01 am #

This is an awesome piece! Very impressive.

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