LHC portal

http://nriworld.net/2016/05/pop-goes-th ... he-weasel/

if they're not making Gordy's life a living hell (kudos to whoever gets the ref), they're damaging colliders

Not a joke, unfortunately, but the LHC is back running again.

Given the press misreporting of science I suppose it's not surprising that they called it a weasel when in fact it was a marten.

DCWhitworth wrote:Given the press misreporting of science I suppose it's not surprising that they called it a weasel when in fact it was a marten.

Not so fast …

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider experienced a “severe electrical perturbation” that “damaged” transformer connections due to a “short circuit caused by fouine,” according to a briefing that the organization published. The French dictionary Larousse translates “fouine” as both a weasel and a beech marten. - http://time.com/4312818/cern-weasel-mar ... rn-hadron/

chelle wrote:

DCWhitworth wrote:Given the press misreporting of science I suppose it's not surprising that they called it a weasel when in fact it was a marten.

Not so fast …

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider experienced a “severe electrical perturbation” that “damaged” transformer connections due to a “short circuit caused by fouine,” according to a briefing that the organization published. The French dictionary Larousse translates “fouine” as both a weasel and a beech marten. - http://time.com/4312818/cern-weasel-mar ... rn-hadron/

I like that headline

But the vast majority of the press have described it as a weasel in their headlines even if they later go on to admit it is actually a marten later in the article. Such scientific inexactitude is inexcusible !!

The electrocuted beast is on display.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... ory-museum