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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Simon Jeffery

Particles can only get accelerated

Brian May of Queen
Brian May quit a lucrative career as a physicist to play guitar in a little-known pop combo called Queen. Photograph: Getty Images

Unexpected career change alert: one of the scientists taking part in Cern's attempt to recreate the aftermath of the big bang in Switzerland is a former member of D:Ream and played keyboards on their New Labour-adopted hit Things Can Only Get Better.

As one colleague pointed out, it is almost the opposite of Brian May, who abandoned his physics PhD to play guitar with Queen.

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