May alMay already! The Large Hadron Collider is back on line after an upgrade searching for the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. It appears the Universe is twice as bright as expected; how genetically modified lettuce may help us survive long space journeys; read about the "aurora of the sea"; how rare, identical triplets were a 1-in-200 million chance; and who might have invented trousers...plus much more.