The clever people at CERN are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who will turn up and tell them to stop
Ben AaronovitchIt's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind.
Ben AaronovitchHe was calling it an atonic seizure because, even if he didn't know why it had happened, it was important to give it a cool name.
Ben AaronovitchYou know, your species [humans] has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched only by its ingenuity in trying to destroy itself.
Ben Aaronovitch