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Large Hadron Collider Sparks 'Doomsday' Lawsuit

Posted by Zonk on from the this-looks-like-a-job-for-superman dept.

smooth wombat writes "In what can only be considered a bizarre court case, a former nuclear safety officer and others are suing the U.S. Department of Energy, Fermilab, the National Science Foundation and CERN to stop the use of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) until its safety is reassessed. The plaintiffs cite three possible 'doomsday' scenarios which might occur if the LHC becomes operational: the creation of microscopic black holes which would grow and swallow matter, the creation of strangelets which, if they touch other matter, would convert that matter into strangelets or the creation of magnetic monopoles which could start a chain reaction and convert atoms to other forms of matter. CERN will hold a public open house meeting on April 6 with word having been spread to some researchers to be prepared to answer questions on microscopic black holes and strangelets if asked."

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  1. Fascinating by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Read that as "Large Hardon Collider...", scared me a little

    1. Re:Fascinating by budgenator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Would those be strange hardons or charm hardons?

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    2. Re:Fascinating by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      If you don't have one, you're not going to find it funny.

  2. Re:ha ha ha oh wow by Scott+Lockwood · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sure, but will the people riding them be dressed in full pirate regalia?

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  3. Huge! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My eyes always see it as Large Hardon Collider"

    Is the radiation making me ghey?

  4. Major off topic but... by Drakin020 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I so read that as "Large Hard on"

    Yeah I know off-topic mod me down. But it was funny....

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  5. Re:How could a tiny black hole ... by srmalloy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh, my God, they're going to create Ice-9 ! We have to stop them, or the world is doomed!

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  6. Re:WTF? by ashridah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do you even know what button you pressed?

  7. Re:John Titor by Scrameustache · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    So, was he sent back to warn us about our impending loss of the letter 'e'? Gadsby can do without it :)
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  8. Re:Fermi Paradox. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    C'mon twitter, everybody knows you're a high school dropout just by looking at your atrocious spelling and grammar. Linking to Wikipedia doesn't make you smarter, you know?