European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), with its multitude of accelerators, has opened up the possibility for scientists to answer some huge questions. I imagine CERN’s To Do list to read something like “1 – understand the intricacies of the Big Bang, 2 – find the Higgs boson, 3 – figure out dark matter, 4 – unify fundamental forces.” However, there is one underlying question that is arguably even more challenging – “How are we going to pay for all this?”
I am a freelance science writer specialising in physics, astronomy, science funding and research policy. I write for a variety of online and print journals. In my day job, I work as a Research Facilitator in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford.
How to pay CERN’s bills? – Euroscientist
September 8th, 2010
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