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It’s a beautiful idea. It explains dark matter, it explains the Higgs boson, it explains some aspects of cosmology; but that doesn’t mean it’s right.
“LHC results put supersymmetry theory ‘on the spot’” - As interesting and complicated as this is, for me the most remarkable point is that even one of the organisers of an upcoming supersymmetry conference is prepared to say the above. Dr Joseph Lykken of Fermilab also said “There’s a certain amount of worry that’s creeping into our discussions” and “It could be that this whole framework has some fundamental flaws…”. Admitting you’re wrong when faced with fresh, robust data?: that’s some good science! (How many politicians could do the same?) With intellectual integrity and sources of new data, perhaps science doesn’t have to advance one funeral at a time.

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A big day tomorrow - Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to launch on shuttle

Tomorrow will be a day whose impact will be felt for centuries to come. I will try to watch the event live, marvelling at it all with a reinvigorated faith in humanity, and hoping that it all goes well. I trust that hundreds of millions of others will too…

It is the most complex space physics experiment ever built, and it will launch on shuttle Endeavour this week. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is also the most expensive, valued at $2bn (£1.2bn).

The seven-tonne machine will sit atop the International Space Station (ISS) and undertake a comprehensive survey of cosmic rays. […] AMS promises remarkable new discoveries about how the Universe is put together.

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