Large Hadron Rap

Rappin' about CERN's Large Hadron Collider! Links below...

Apparently YouTube fixed the sound! Still, Will Barras made two options trying to get around the original problems:
Other YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iryB...
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/1431471?pg=embed...

Vimeo is downloadable if you log in.

There has been a lot of interest in the original mp3, lyrics, and vocals for remixing. You can find all that here:
https://www.msu.edu/~mcalpin9/lhc_rap...

There's also been interest in translation. You can get a subtitle-free version from Vimeo here (downloadable):
http://www.vimeo.com/1730771

With backing track available here (with and without Hawking-style voice):
http://barras.ws/rappin.html

Go ahead and translate, rap it, and post it! Just give us a shout-out, and it's probably a good idea to include the following credits ;-)

Images came from:
particlephysics.ac.uk, space.com, the Institute of Physics, NASA, Symmetry, and Marvel

I forgot Einstein Online, and they called me out: http://www.einstein-online.info

And I forgot Physics World (dunno what I was thinking when I put together the extra dimensions bit). Steve Abel set me to rights (but made no demands): http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/p...

The talented dancers doubled as camera people, with some work by Neil Dixon. Stock footage is CERN's.

Will Barras is responsible for the killa beats:
http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~s9527813/

And thanks to MC Hawking, who first thought of using computer-voice to bring Stephen Hawking to the world of rap :-)
http://www.mchawking.com/

The rapper has a day job (we agree this is a good thing) as a science writer.
http://www.katemcalpine.com

They'll have a lot of data to sort. 15 million GB per year, actually. Want to get involved and donate your computer's downtime? Try LHC@home:
http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/

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  Science & Technology

[Grace Smith]

I feel so nerdy to understand this.

[TylerMontana]

I found the Higgs Boson... Here it is -> •

[Jeegianus]

Thank you for being on this planet. You're the best part of mankind.

[Rich Moreno]

LOL!!! : ) 

[Cupit29]

They discovered it over a year ago. You're WAY too late :)

[Szalony Królik]

Genialne xdd

[relax178]

Thank you for making it

[orangerevolution]

This is the most badass thing that I have ever seen or heard....

[arvis1983]

Huge-LQG (this is most massive object.. for now..)

[IamMrDelight]

You can like Physics AND Big Bang Theory. At least this is what i do...

[TimmyTheGreatOo]

The Big Bang Theory did science a great disservice. It did not make science more popular but simply created a distorted and absurd picture of scientists. Sad thing is, even some of my colleagues in our biotech company are fans of the series and draw comparisons to Sheldon Cooper all the time.

Well, I suppose there is no point in being upset about it :)

[TbagTheNinja]

I second this. Timmy, you are a great man. People who call themselves nerdy should just go watch Big Bang Theory and leave the physics to the real scientists