I had a chance to visit CERN recently - they aren't kidding about the thousands of names on the paper, the scale of the project is enormous, and the ATLAS detec

I had a chance to visit CERN recently - they aren't kidding about the thousands of names on the paper, the scale of the project is enormous, and the ATLAS detector up close is like a space ship engine from a scifi movie. The main CERN campus feels very much Silicon Valley, only with older buildings. (The visitor information centres are neat and interesting too!)