The Large Hadron Collider: The Largest Machine in the World

And so far it has made absolutely zero world destroying black holes!

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[bueb]

A few small technical corrections:
3:30 'Just below a million volts' should be 'just below a trillion volts' mega is million tera is trillion
3:43 '9.6 Celsius above zero' makes it sound like above 0 C, should specify that's above 0 Kelvin. We're talking liquid Helium temps here :p
6:34 to be a bit more precise(since we have the speed of light to very high precision), they say the speed of light, equal to 299, 792, 455.3m/s, just under 3m/s slower than light.
7:30 the superconducting cable doesn't transfer power to the magnets, it IS the magnets and, 9:50 the liquid Helium isn't for cooling the 'heat of the collisions' or something, it's for keeping the superconducting magnets cold and thus, superconducting

[mikeadams]

"They are probably the same people burning down the 5g towers because they are idiots" 🤣🤣🤣 thats gotta be the statement of the year

[evilmonkeyboy]

Suggestion for a future video: Sydney Opera House. That project had a lot of drama with many books on the topic, and they innovated the use of advanced structural analysis in the design of the shells. Also, imho, it’s probably one of the most incredible structures in the world.

[DGFishRfine]

Simon dragging 5G conspiracy theorists absolutely made my day, and it's only 12:38 AM

[chronosschiron]

'they are idiots '

man needs ot be times front page this year

[ParticleClara]

3:14 : Fourthly, it reduces the number of particles from cosmic rays being picked up by our detectors and interfering with measurements.

[MattiasThing]

As a theoretical physicist who is actually into this field, while some explanations and phrasing is a bit hazy, hats of to Simon for the effort for trying. And assuming he is not actually a physicist, I applaud you for the effort! It might be hard for physicists to deal with, but getting this topic properly translated to everyday language takes effort!

[RealSaintB]

"Ugh, gluons. They stick to everything!"
The guy who cleans LHC between experiments, allegedly.

[buninparadise]

Request: The Berlin Airport...The project is so 'overwhelming', it will never be finished.

[cartman]

Request: The ITER ( International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) in France. Alongside with nuclear fusion.

[kingscrub]

Your channels, specifically this one and Business Blaze are my favorite of yours. They entertain me greatly.

[gdwnet]

The engineering behind this is amazing. Imagine what else we could do if only we all worked together?

[chrysecreative]

*LHC makes discovery about the atom*
Public: meh
*LHC discovers about Dark Matter*
Public: meh
*LHC creates portal to new dimension*
Public: OMG does it take us to [insert TV Show/Movie/Anime]!?

[danhodson]

Making these amazing discoveries for future generations reminds me of: “The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” — Nelson Henderson

[Katniss]

"They're idiots!" Truth, complete truth.

[ptrsrrll]

No..No.. seriously,
I'm 70 and my 6 yo granddaughter said today "Poppa, where do we come from?
And I thought to myself "buggered if I know"
And then I thought, Simon will know !!

[BB]

Two mega projects I would like to see on this show: ITER fusion reactor, and the NIF with it's glorious 192 lasers

[twotruths]

Im grateful and feeling humble to be alive during this age of discovery where can build things like the LHC. Im horrible math and not particularly good at the raw, theoretical part of science, but overall I consider myself very scientifically literate, well read, and passionate about the things that other minds, more calculating and logical than my own, are able to discover and thus share with the rest if humanity. I wish everyone took more interest in such things as particle physics. Its like magic coming to terms with the processes that rule and create ‘reality’, at least how we currently understand it. Just amazing! Great video as usual

[briangarrow]

It's on my scientific bucket list.
Included also is,
1- The LIGO, Hanford Reservation, USA
2-The FAST, China
3-Baikonaur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
4-Boca Chica Facility, USA
5-Cape Canaveral, USA
6-ESA Ariane facilities, French Guiana
7-ITER project, France
This list will continue to grow as humanity reaches further and learns more about the forces of the universe.

[JoshuaMusau]

This is the best LHC explanatory video I have ever come across since I was born. Excellent work!