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10/01/10

Armenia detects space weather

On Mount Aragats, the highest point in the Armenian landscape, atop a volcano ribboned with glaciers, lava-born fissures, and medieval fortifications, an early 20th century observatory is leading Armenian physics in new, 21st century directions.

10/01/10

Hit it over the Alps

Every summer weekend, several dozen CERN physicists gather to enjoy a beloved American tradition: They play for the Quarks and the Leptons in an international softball league.

10/01/10

Treading lightly in Tokyo

It was my first morning in Tokyo. Carrying a camera, an offering of saké, and a note in Japanese that I hoped explained why I was there, I stepped into the sumo training hall to watch the day’s practice.

Logbook of October 2010
10/01/10

First Tevatron collision

At 3:10 a.m. on October 13, 1985, scientists with the Collider Detector at Fermilab experiment informed the main control room that they had observed the Tevatron collider’s first antiproton– proton collision.

Illustration of The Big Bang
10/01/10

Big Bang

The moment that kicked off the growth of our universe is called the Big Bang. 

10/01/10

Community + laboratory

Fermilab has joined up with local residents to think about the best ways for the lab to serve not only science, but also the surrounding area.

10/01/10

Charles Jencks: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation

It all started with a swimming hole. In 1988, Maggie Keswick, the wife of noted architect and designer Charles Jencks, had a swamp dug up on her family’s Scottish estate to create a place for their children to swim.

10/01/10

Peter Kasper: In a birder's paradise

For birders, it all comes down to that moment. Focus your binoculars, steady your hands, and look, hard, until you find that glimpse of feathers, a spark of recognition. “Do you see it?”

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