If you read my post from yesterday, you might remember that i called Phi Plait a bit of a rockstar when it comes to science blogging, well this guy Brian Cox, is an actual rockstar (having toured with Jimmy Page) who is a legit physicist working at CERN. Funnily enough he was the one inviting Phil to Europe (perhaps a secret movement for a super-nerdy rockband is in the making?).

I wanted to bring you this great video of him doing a talk at TED, where he explains the Large Hadron Collider, why it was built, what it hopes to find, and what he thinks it may find. I thought it was great, because, to be honest, i don’t know much at all about particle physics, and Brian Cox is excellent at explaining things in a very pedagogic way. I honestly can’t think of 16 minutes better spent then getting up to snuff on what the greatest science experiment of all times is all about.

On a slightly different note, the TED talks are simply great, and there’s a great variety of things discussed there. Their basic idea is “Ideas worth spreading” and the best talks given each year are presented in their youtube account. I highly recommend going there and checking out some of the videos that catch your fancy.