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Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory At South Pole

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the steady-obserbbin' dept.

Scryer writes "Construction of the Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory was completed on 18 Dec at the South Pole. It's now the world's largest neutrino detector, with 5,160 optical sensors on 86 strings embedded two kilometers below the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. It has been gathering data since construction started, and will be fully operational after the last strings freeze in March 2011."

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  1. TRIPLE THREAT! by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Funny

    First he was just an MC/Rapper...

    Then and Actor,

    Now? He's a scientific observatory!

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
    1. Re:TRIPLE THREAT! by PatPending · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ice Cube will also serve double duty by studying Black Hos

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      What one fool can do, another can. (Ancient Simian Proverb)
    2. Re:TRIPLE THREAT! by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm just waiting for Xzibit to Pimp My Particle Accelerator.

  2. Re:And they're hiring. by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh come on - it's one night. You can handle a single night's work can't you?

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    If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
  3. Obligatory Ice Cube parody by bojangler · · Score: 5, Funny

    F*** the Pole-Ice comin' straight from the underground

  4. Fully Operational by richard+tarantula+ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, I'm afraid the Observatory will be quite operational when your neutrino friends arrive