And now for some physics geek fun: presenting the Large Hadron Collider Rap, by science writer turned rap artist Kate McAlpine, with Will Barras, rappin’ about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider!
The talented dancers doubled as camera people, with some work by Neil Dixon. Stock footage is CERN’s.
Will Barras is responsible for the killa beats.
The creators thank MC Hawking, who first thought of using computer-voice to bring Stephen Hawking to the world of rap 
The rapper has a day job (we agree this is a good thing) as a science writer. katemcalpine.com
They’ll have a lot of data to sort. 15 million GB per year, actually. Want to get involved and donate your computer’s downtime? Try LHC@home:
lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/
You can also hear this song on the Krypton Radio broadcast stream. It’s now in our standard play list.
Credits
Images came from:
- einstein-online.info
- particlephysics.ac.uk
- space.com
- the Institute of Physics
- NASA
- Symmetry
- Marvel Comics
Links
- Original MP3, lyrics and vocals for remixing
- The subtitle-free version from Vimeo
- Backing track available here (with and without Hawking-style voice)
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We at ATLAS love the Large Hadron Rap. In fact, we even made our own reply, called “The ATLAS Boogie” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WShZVxPZETw). Enjoy!