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more about #armageddon Roklimber: Large Hadron Collider progress delights researchers [news.bbc.co.uk] #tips more » twophrasebark: Weze allz gonna dyze? more » Roklimber: Official source of news for the LHC, from CERN itself: [lhc.web.cern.ch] more » Roklimber: *Lots* of great pictures of the guts of the LHC here: [www.boston.com] more » Roklimber: From one of the comments in that Discover page: "A thumb, middle finger, and tooth removed from the corpse of Galileo Galilei, lost for a century, ha... more » Roklimber: Note the similarity between the LHC picture above and The Time Tunnel? Tune in next week for the exciting return of Tony Newman and Doug Phillips. more » Im_your_Huckleberry: Let's look at the signs. #1 Michael Bay has one of the highest grossing movies of the year. #2 Roland Emmerich has one of the highest grossing movie... more » astrogirl: Well, at least if something goes wrong, we'll be going out with a bang. A big one, no less. ;p more » Impkicker: Well, let me know how it turns out. I'll be in my underground bunker. more » Shai_Hulud: I know this is obvious, but it's a classic. more » gorehound: Aah, so 2012 is comin right on the heels of the movie. more » Pittsburghmuggle: I'm forever amused by the folks who think people from the future are here now, trying to stop the LHC. Doncha think they'd go back and stop the fundi... more » SJ_Edwards: I have huge love for the LHC, but I can't help thinking everytime I see it, that it contains all the essential components of the largest circular mass... more » twophrasebark: So next week is when we all have the flash forward? more » tetracycloide: that is not the sexiest thing i've ever seen but it's at least top five. more » botanicidal: Higgs Boooze-on, anyone? more » Meirelle: What about the entire ending of "Knowing"? The world is destroyed by a giant solar flare and you pick two kids to save and live on another planet-- tw... more » dnwilliams: I thoroughly enjoyed The Happening, mostly for the wrong reasons. Shyamalan tried to make The Birds and made The Blob by accident. Good times. #twister more » JesusDeSaad: Volcano. They use concrete walls to stop lava. And it doesn't overflow one bit. But then again, the only movie that got me cursing openly in the midd... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Daylight!! Breaking Point: Stallone opens his gob. 'I AM THE RESCUE'!!! Great! #twister more » -
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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] -
#movies
Disaster Movie Moments That Pissed Us Off The Most
Sure, disaster movies are just empty calories of mass destruction — but even when you don't take them seriously, there are always some scenes that you just can't excuse. We've collected the most infuriating moments from the biggest disaster movies. More » -
#triviagasm
What Really Wiped Out The Dinosaurs?
In the wake of our asteroid near-miss, people keep claiming that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. But we all know it was the Cybermen. Or time-traveling hunters. Here are science fiction's best dinosaur-extinction theories. More » -
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The More Primitive The Cyborgs Are, The Scarier They Get
Virus gets a bum rap, but its special effects are incredible. No film, before or since, has depicted cyborgs as so improvised, so ramshackle, so... crappy. And, maybe as a result, so terrifying. -
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#superheromoviesmackdown
Have Superhero Movies Killed The Summer Movie Season?
It's the argument that quite literally some people are talking about: Are superhero movies responsible for the death of the high-quality summer blockbuster? You may be scratching your head, wondering when the last high-quality summer blockbuster wasn't a superhero movie. (First person to say Independence Day gets punched.) But Entertainment Weekly isn't afraid to take a stand against... well, what everyone wants to see these days nonetheless. More » -
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The Explodiest Outer Space Crashes Ever to Rock Your Movie Theater
Crashes, smashes, and destruction sequences in science fiction movies have gotten a lot more spectacular over the years, even if our storytelling hasn't. When the Death Star blew up in Star Wars, it was sort of like a big pop and then it was gone. These days you have shots of flaming debris, screaming victims, and radiating spherical explosions that can drag out an action scene for eons. Even in movies where the plot doesn't make sense, the acting is hammy, and you don't really care whether the characters live or die, a good crash sequence can rouse the audience from their boredom and at least engage their animal instincts. Here's our list of the five best crashes in modern day scifi — with beautiful video carnage. More »
