A powerful new magnet to replace existing ones in the world's largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, just passed its first test with flying colors. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Well, it's hit Slashdot now, so it won't take long to make the rounds. The Large Hadron Collider project at CERN suffered something of a setback on Tuesday, when, during a test of one of the ...

Thousands of parents vying to get their children into some of Los Angeles’ most sought-after public schools find themselves caught in a byzantine bureaucratic process with strict racial quotas and ...