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Undersea Neutrino Observatory To Be Second-Largest Human Structure
cylonlover writes "An audacious project to construct a vast infrastructure housing a neutrino observatory at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea is being undertaken by a consortium of 40 institutes and universities from ten European countries. The consortium claims that KM3NeT, as it is known, will 'open a new window on the Universe,' as its 'several' cubic kilometer observatory detects high-energy neutrinos from violent sources in outer space such as gamma-ray bursts, colliding stars and supernovae. On the scale of human constructions, it will be second only to the Great Wall of China."
Why build one from scratch? Let's just upgrade the Great Wall of China to be a Great Neutrino Wall of China.
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On the scale of human constructions, it will be second only to the Great Wall of China.
...and the largest one not visible from space...except if you're a neutrino, presumably.
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I nominate the US Interstate Highway project as "widest human structure", a close second being your mom.
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