The Universe in a Nutshell
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Real science can be far stranger than science fiction and much more satisfying.
Half the battle is just showing up.
But a machine that was powerful enough to accelerate particles to the grand unification energy would have to be as big as the Solar System - and would be unlikely to be funded in the present economic climate.
There is no way that we can predict the weather six months ahead beyond giving the seasonal average.