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#theyearahead

10 Things We're Worried About In 2010

A new year always gives us optimism for what lies ahead over the next 12 months, but that doesn't mean that there's no potential for disaster in there. Here're ten things we're crossing our fingers don't actually happen. More »

01/03/10

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By Graeme McMillan

#decadeinreview

Ten Science Stories That Changed Our Decade

There is no doubt that science has become more like science fiction in the past decade, with amazing innovations and discoveries that increased our understanding of the universe. We list ten of the biggest science stories from the past decade. More »

12/18/09

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By Lauren Davis

#higgsboson

What If The Large Hadron Collider Was Beaten To The Physics Punch?

The mooted risks of the Large Hadron Collider are all worthwhile if it uncovers evidence of the Higgs boson, right...? But what if something else found that proof first, and without all the sturm-und-drang? More »

12/15/09

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By Graeme McMillan

#madscience

Undeterred by Time-Traveling Saboteurs, the LHC Begins Colliding

Take that, bread-dropping bird. Despite numerous delays and the suggestion that the Large Hadron Collider is being sabotaged from the future, the LHC is up and running. And, for the very first time, it has collided two proton beams. More »

11/23/09

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By Lauren Davis

#awesomeness

All Systems Go For Large Hadron Collider - Stay Tuned for Collisions!

Discover has a blow-by-blow account of today's tests on the Large Hadron Collider, the massive physics experiment that will eventually recreate the conditions during the Big Bang. Everything worked perfectly. Get ready for particle collisions next week! [via Discover]

11/20/09

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By Annalee Newitz

#madphysics

Large Hadron Collider Less Than Two Weeks Away From First Experiments

It's been plagued by everything from liquid helium leaks to wayward baguettes, but the mega-physics experiment known as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is finally ready to start smashing protons into each other. Particle collisions could begin in two weeks. More »

11/13/09

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By Annalee Newitz

#largehadroncollider

Bird-Related Accident Suggests the Large Hadron Collider Really Is Doomed

The LHC has been so plagued by problems and shutdowns that some physicists have wondered if it's being sabotaged by its own future. And the LHC has fallen victim to another bizarre shutdown involving a bird and a baguette. More »

11/05/09

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By Lauren Davis

#largehadroncollider

Is The Large Hadron Collider Being Sabotaged from the Future?

What if all the Large Hadron Collider's recent woes are more than bad luck and technical problems? Two noted physicists speculate that the future may be pushing back on the LHC to avert the disaster of observing the Higgs boson. More »

10/13/09

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By Lauren Davis

#lhcshutdown

Is The Large Hadron Collider Cursed?

The discovery of new repairs necessary to the Large Hadron Collider have pushed its restart date yet again - Are there cosmic powers trying to tell us something about the program? More »

08/01/09

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By Graeme McMillan

#2009todate

Five Lessons To Have Learned From 2009 Already

With the middle of the year having fallen earlier this week (July 2nd for the curious), it's time to take stock, look back and wonder: What has 2009 taught us so far? More »

07/05/09

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By Graeme McMillan

#madscience

Daily Show Explains Why There's A 50/50 Chance Of Apocalypse

05/01/09

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#largehadroncollider

Black Holes Could Be Brewing Under Switzerland by Late 2009

02/06/09

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#bigscience

Will the Global Economic Crisis Kill the Large Hadron Collider?

11/17/08

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#kirill

Bloggers Are The Heroes Of The Future. No, Really.

11/10/08

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#lhc

Zathura Boys Want to Make Large Hadron Collider The Movie

09/25/08

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#wantedanendtoscience

Hollywood's New Player Declares War On Science

09/22/08

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#megaaccidents

LHC Shut Down After a Ton of Liquid Helium Leaks into Tunnel

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the mega-physics experiment in Switzerland where atomic particles will be smashed into each other, has been shut down. The BBC reports that a fault opened up in one of the underground tunnels this morning, releasing one ton of liquid helium into the tunnels. This in turn caused 100 supercooled magnets crucial to LHC experiments to heat up and fail (the liquid helium is what keeps the magnets cool). After the successful first startup of the LHC last week, does this mean it could be months or years before another beam gets shot through the vast underground structure? More »

09/19/08

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By Annalee Newitz

#geekchic

LHC-Themed T-Shirts Commemorate the Non-Destruction of Earth

09/13/08

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#torchwood

And You Thought Torchwood Couldn't Get Any Worse!

09/10/08

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#largehadroncollider

What Will Happen When the LHC Turns On? 10 Scifi Stories Have the Answer

Today the mad physicists over at Swiss lab CERN will turn on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and begin the physics experiments that might end the world. While some fringe scientists worry that the LHC will destroy the fabric of spacetime, the rest of us armchair physicists are on the edge of our seats waiting to see what the giant underground magnet will tell us about, well, the universe. Lucky for us, science fiction has already come up with an answer. We've come up with ten crazy scifi tales where physics experiments destroy the world. More »

09/10/08

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By Annalee Newitz

#largehadronkegger