Apr 8 2015
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Auroras appear according to the whims of nature, not humans, which might just be part of their eerie appeal. But…
Nov 6 2014
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If you know anything about the Large Hadron Collider, you know that it is huge. Massive. 17 miles of tunnels under…
Oct 27 2014
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<a href="http://www.quora.com/What-happens-if-you-urinate-into-a-particle-accelerator/answer/Tim-Bushell">Tim Bushell - Quora</a>
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I have visited CERN and they have sections of the accelerator you can look at. It's a mess—to you and me—wires and…
Aug 20 2013
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Daven Hiskey - TodayIFoundOut.com
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Today I found out what happens when you stick your head into a particle accelerator.
Jun 12 2013
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Behold the International Linear Collider — a proposed 31-kilometer electron collider that could shed light on new…
Feb 27 2013
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In early 2007, NASA's Cassini spacecraft observed something extraordinary around Saturn. An unusually strong blast…
May 3 2012
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A while back, Sixty Symbols asked a bunch of physicists what they thought would happen if you were to place your…
Mar 14 2012
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Evan Schwartz
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Leave it to a bunch of geniuses to waste a good opportunity. Remember how Samuel Morse famously asked, "What hath…
Nov 15 2011
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The Large Hadron Collider is constantly on the hunt for "new physics" — discoveries that confound and expand our…
Oct 1 2011
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The Tevatron shut down yesterday. Before its duties were taken up by the the Large Hadron Collider, it accelerated…
Sep 23 2011
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Yesterday, CERN physicists shocked the world with news of a scientific finding that could revolutionize the field…
Aug 23 2011
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How cool is this? Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Easy Bay represent!) have created an…
Feb 24 2011
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In the twilight days of the Cold War, the Soviets began building UNK, a proton accelerator in the town of Provtino…
Feb 14 2011
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The work of Vincent Van Gogh may be among the greatest artistic achievements in human history, but barely a century…
Jul 1 2010
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Wired.com - Lisa Grossman
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The world's most intense X-ray laser may soon be the fastest strobe-light camera ever. Two of the laser's first…
May 20 2010
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Immediately after the Big Bang, the earliest elementary particles fought for supremacy, with matter emerging…
Aug 17 2009
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If you've ever had an MRI scan or accelerated a sub-atomic particle to near light speed, then you've experienced…
Nov 17 2008
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The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most complicated machine that was felled by a single faulty solder joint last…
Sep 21 2008
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The CERN scientists said the LHC's big malfunction this weekend was the result of a "faulty electrical connection…
Sep 20 2008
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In case you were still worried about the LHC bringing on the biblical apocalypse, you can calm down, because it…