Excuse me?

[rhu]

Someone at The New York Times has been watching too many old Star Trek episodes:

... the Next Big Thing in physics: a machine 20 miles long that will slam together electrons and their evil-twin opposites, positrons....

Comments

[kirisutogomen.livejournal.com]

It's true, though. Haven't you ever seen a positron? Looks exactly like an electron, except with a goatee.

[ricedog.livejournal.com]

I always thought the electrons were the evil ones.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

I hadn't realized that positrons were evil...