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A Detailed Profile of the Hadron Super Collider

Posted by Zonk on from the big-science dept.

davco9200 writes "The New York Times has up a lengthy profile of the Large Hadron Collider. The article covers the basics (size = 17 miles, cost = 8 billion, energy consumption = 14 trillon electron volts) and history but also provides interesting interviews of the scientists who work with the facility every day. The piece also goes into some detail on the expected experiments. 'The physicists, wearing hardhats, kneepads and safety harnesses, are scrambling like Spiderman over this assembly, appropriately named Atlas, ducking under waterfalls of cables and tubes and crawling into hidden room-size cavities stuffed with electronics. They are getting ready to see the universe born again.' There are photos, video and a nifty interactive graphic."

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  1. Cue "Large Hardon" jokes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    in 3.. 2..

  2. what a disapointment... by excelsior_gr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...I initially read "A Detailed Profile of the Hardon Super Collider".

  3. hahahaha by Skadet · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Sounds like a video I don't want to see:

    "The lengthy profile of the Large Hardon Collider"

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    Sony ha
  4. Re:Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I don't think there's anyone on this project who thinks the universe is only 6000 years old.

  5. MiNus 3, troll) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

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