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How a Particle Accelerator Works: Explained With Donuts and Chocolate Bars

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Using a fried dough and Kit Kat stop-motion animation, the folks over at Elements explain how a synchroton particle accelerator—like the Large Hadron Collider—accelerate particles up to the speed of light.

And who knows, if high school teachers used baked goods as educational aids, maybe more kids would be excited about pursuing a career in science. [Elements via BoingBoing via Twitter: Ed Yong]

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