Akuehne23 minutes ago
This got me. Thought it was real, busted out laughing when I read the project leads name. It still didn't click.
throw10101010 minutes ago
Small clue here too, maybe more subtle:

> explained school director, Rosalina Pfirsich, looking up from her storybook

Pfirsich in German means Peach, as in Princess Peach :D

PunchyHamster1 hour ago
We need followup post exactly 365 days later describing first karting accident inside CERN
tom-blk1 hour ago
Exactly
cern1 hour ago
CERN Research Facility, Geneva. Subject: Gordon Freeman, Male, Age 27
rippeltippel11 minutes ago
Right on time! "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" released today.
gnarlouse3 hours ago
Happy April Fools Day!
pjmlp2 hours ago
As Alumni, the tables outside R1 are prime for getting ideas, with some help from fermented barley, especially after work during Summertime.
fnands2 hours ago
I always look forward to CERN's April fools jokes!
lloydatkinson2 hours ago
I can't believe people are still doing this
hidroto42 minutes ago
This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.

-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"

junon1 hour ago
How dare people have fun.
thomasgeelens1 hour ago
oh my, I should really visit one day, I'm not even that far from CERN
fnands12 minutes ago
They do some good tours. They are first come/first serve, so show up in the morning for the best chance to get a place.
rbanffy1 hour ago
I really miss Think Geek :-(
taneq28 minutes ago
I still had a Timmy the Monkey sticker on the lid of my kitchen bin up until a couple of years ago.
jansan1 hour ago
When they later actually sold the t-shirt they had previously presented as an April Fools joke? That was pretty cool.
groundzeros201532 minutes ago
Please bro. Just one more particle collider. This one will solve science. The last one wasn’t big enough. Please keep it in desirable real estate though.
taneq30 minutes ago
Each bigger one has in fact solved more of physics, after being built precisely because there was a good theoretical case for a higher energy collider being helpful.
groundzeros201521 minutes ago
I’m ignorant. It’s a meme about their optics being terrible after steam ran out for 90s science optimism.
Noe20973 hours ago
> Each kart is turbo-boosted by 64 superconducting engines,” explains project leader Mario Idraulico

I guess we can now call you Mario 'Kart' Idraulico.

Oh wait.

Thank you CERN, that was a smart one.

coldsmoke48 minutes ago
Since I didn't get the name reference either, here is a link for those who want a hint: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idraulico
fnands26 minutes ago
Nice, I didn't get it.

I just realized "Kyouryuu" is Japanese for dinosaur.

And Pfirsich is of course Peach.

koolala2 hours ago
high temperature super conductors my beloved
rvnx2 hours ago
Meh joke considering this was paid on public money.

Same as choosing to spend xxx,xxx USD to have .cern when using subdomains would have worked too (and caused less validation / compatibility issues).

steve19771 hour ago
As a tax payer in one of the member states, I approve of this joke.
fnands1 hour ago
They got the intern to write a funny post. Probably took them an hour and it drums up a bit of good press for the Hi-Lumi LHC.

Money well spent if you ask me.

kryptiskt21 minutes ago
The Web is a side project of CERN, they should have gotten a comped top-level domain by rights.
voidUpdate3 hours ago
Is this an april fools joke? The title image looks so over-the-top that I really can't tell if it's a joke or not
kakacik3 hours ago
No of course not, they have Mario guys running around in karts doing maintenance of hyper complex system with wrenches. No physics can resist Mario's wrench, thats how we move humanity forward
gostsamo2 hours ago
There is a Luigi on the team as well. How it can't be true?
hawkjo1 hour ago
And Yoshi. And Pfirsich, which is Peach in German
edwcross2 hours ago
Fratello. Must be a bro.
tgsovlerkhgsel3 hours ago
CTRL+F "safety and health"