Research: I read this article a couple of weeks ago. Apparently, the LHC has observed particles called B mesons decaying into two particles called muons. These are ordinary particles, nothing special, but this decay hasn't been observed before. If supersymmetric particles are supposed to exist, this decay should happen way, way more often (so far, for every billion times they see a B meson decay, they only see it happen this way three times.) Ah, woe for my supersymmetric heart! But fear not, Professor Clifford Cheung of Caltech says this is not the end and does not rule out supersymmetry. I shall not abandon my science project because of this news.
(One of the Professors quoted in the article said the discovery was "really putting our supersymmetry colleagues in a spin." Heh. It's funny because particles have spin...sparticles have 1/2 spin...that's what makes them sparticles...I'm going to stop now.)
Proof: Well, shoot. Here is a picture of me watching "How the Universe Works" for more research.
Good on you, David Spergel.
The Cosmic Microwave Background. This is part of radio and television static. When you hear static you are listening to something that is ~14 billion years old!
