Is there anything...

it can't do?

Red Wine, Tartaric Acid, and the Secret of Superconductivity

You've been warned this would happen...

and this is just a tiny one: Solar storm headed toward Earth may disrupt power.

Not to say I told you so, oh heck, yes I will.  You will find two previous posts about this serious hazard here and here.

Probability of a solar megastorm...

similar to the Carrington Event of 1859 is estimated at 12% over the coming decade.  That's not trivial, and the consequences would be catastrophic to the electrical infrastructure and the functioning of electronic gadgets that we increasingly rely upon in our daily lives.  There would be, however, spectacular auroras.

Here's a related previous post about this very serious and potentially crippling threat.

Buckle up fellow earthlings...

Earth in for bumpy ride as solar storms hit.

Absolutely riveting...

and a webcam too: The Pitch Drop Experiment.

Yeah, it's a lot like watching grass grow.

Hunt for Higgs...

boson is still elusive, ambiguous:   Possible Higgs boson signals, but we won't know for sure until next year.

In the meantime the universe continues to exist.

The physics behind...

swirling wine. You can practice with your Zinfandel on this holiday.

Just don't be too overly enthusiastic in your experimentation in oenodynamics, both in volume and acceleration.

Asking the important questions...

How Many Sips in a Bottle of Beer?

Warning: The answer involves math and physics.

Not so fast after all...

Faster-than-Light Neutrino Puzzle Claimed Solved by Special Relativity

Don't try this at home...

Swedish Man Caught Trying to Split Atoms at Home.

You do have to give him an 'A' for effort.

What if the biggest solar storm...

on record happened today?  The so-called Carrington Event in 1859, if repeated in more modern times, would cripple communication networks and power grids.

Think about it.  No power. No Internet. No cell phones.  No GPS. No television.  Life would be dreadful.

Bioturbation caught on video...

Secrets of Swimming in Sand Revealed.

If you're a serious student of sedimentology, be sure to watch the excellent video at the link.

Bustin' balls in the name of science...

Scientists Smash Giant Granite Balls Together to Simulate Asteroid Collisions

Playing with fire at the LHC...

First Antimatter Atoms Created and Trapped.

This can't possibly end well (I've seen the movie).

Image courtesy UPI and CERN.

A puzzling collapse...

of Earth's upper atmosphere.

Coldest antimatter...

ever produced. And it's really, really chilly: "The team cooled down antiprotons to temperatures colder than the surface of Pluto, as low as -443 degrees F (9.26 Kelvin) -- just 17 degrees above absolute zero."

Um, cool.

Testing the "standard model"...

Large Hadron Collider: Touring the Physics Frontier

Congrats, and we're still here...

Collider Achieves Record In Hunt For God Particle

Uh oh...

Scientists Restart World’s Most Powerful Atom Smasher

The glue that binds rubbly asteroids...

isn't gravity: Small Asteroids Are Held Together by Van Der Waals Forces.