Where Nerds and WIMPs Unite

I will do this post a bit different than before. I will write it as I read the article instead of after. Why? Just an impulse really. Maybe it will turn out interesting.

My first thought as I am reading is to contemplate the benefits of a lab being so far underground, other than being able to call it the world's deepest underground lab. Good luck ordering a pizza there (See? This is going to be funny!).

I would call the first mention of dark matter a Colonel Trautman moment for sure. I'm so interested to find out what this stuff is. Whew. I thought this was just going to be another story about digging holes.

By the way, I'm glad the author clarified the city's name. I thought maybe it was named after Lead the metal because maybe at one point it was in great supply there.

I am doing my best to keep up with the technobabble, but not sure what "the can" is exactly or what ghastly skeleton they are using to seek out the dark matter. I feel as though the author is aware that many readers will not understand exactly what he is talking about, but he explains it in great detail to emphasize what a complex process this all is. I expect the story to come around by the end.

Wow. They went through all that and now have to try again tomorrow. Interesting that they pose for pictures after. Must be a very motivated crew.

Yes! They are talking more about dark matter, which is the coolest name of anything real I have ever known. Props to Fritz Zwicky, who sadly owns one of the uncoolest names I have ever heard.

After the scientific explanation, I guess dark matter is still cool. Ok, maybe slightly less. Who came up with the acronym WIMP? I bet it wasn't Zwicky.

Well, I'm done reading the article. Sad, yet a good ending that they still have not got the can to fit. The stakes are so high, especially with the author's language in regards to finding the secret to understanding the universe. This was a little too technical of an article for my sleep-deprived mind to fully comprehend, but I got the layout and the main point of the story. Truly this was a well-written article.