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  • Good old Bitnet, and the rise of the World Wide Web

    Senior physicist Richard Jacobsson remembers the early days of the World Wide Web at CERN

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  • On the open internet and the free web

    David Foster on our responsibility as individuals to preserve an open internet and a free web for the benefit of humankind

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  • Not at all vague and much more than exciting

    CERN computer scientist Maria Dimou on Tim Berners-Lee’s vision for a free, open World Wide Web

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  • 10th edition of the International Masterclasses in Particle Physics to attract more than 10,000 high-school students worldwide

    Geneva, 10 March 2014. Each year in spring, research institutes and universities around the world invite students and their teachers for a day-long programme to experience life at the forefront of basic research. These International Masterclasses give students the opportunity to be particle physicists for a day by analysing real data from CERN1’s Large Hadron

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  • On the importance of mums – for the sake of science

    Mums can teach their daughters positive perceptions of knowledge and science, says Manjit Dosanjh

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  • On female role models in science

    Inspirational female role models like Jocelyn Bell are important for young women in science, says CERN doctoral student Giulia Alice Fornaro

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  • Collaboration at CERN: Greater than the sum of its parts

    The president of Council offers a personal insight into the continuing attraction of collaboration with CERN

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  • Celebrating diversity at CERN

    With international women’s day coming up, it’s time to take a look at how far we’ve come over recent years in promoting gender equality at CERN

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  • A celebration of science for peace

    At the start of CERN’s 60th anniversary year, the current director-general looks at the organization’s role in bringing nations together

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  • The future is just around the corner

    This week and next see a series of meetings looking at the future of CERN, and indeed of particle physics, says Director-General Rolf Heuer

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