Symmetry is “a magazine about particle physics and its connections to other aspects of life and science” – and it’s put out jointly by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, two national labs funded by the Office of Science of the US Department of Energy.

It’s available in print and online editions – and anyone can receive a free subscription to the print version simply by filling out a form.  That’s a benefit of it being paid for by our tax dollars.

Symmetry is a great science magazine for the layperson, giving fascinating glimpses into the world of subatomic particles and gigantic particle accelerators and the people who attend to them.

The current issue is particularly good!

Ahem.

The picture was taken by my friend John Gilbey during a session at SciFoo 2008 entitled “Seducing the Public With Science.”

Link: 
Brian Malow Essay in Symmetry Magazine