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more about #proton Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: In a last minute press release, the varied members of the science community directly involved in the CERN project shocked the world with their real g... more » bluehinter: Right, it's decided then, we consult Holly. more » gorehound: this stuff is very interesting. more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Did you guys feel something? more » Twisk: It will still be a while before the LHC can go fishing for the Higgs boson. ...like how long? A couple years? Should we expect results around, saaa... more » spidyredneckjedi: Well, there goes the neighborhood. And the adjacent neighborhood... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I can see exactly whats going to happen here! The protons will collide and create a black hole. The hole will get bigger and bigger until it eventuall... more » Gemini2: This is how the world should end. more » jrnotjunior: how can you drop "the suggestion that the Large Hadron Collider is being sabotaged from the future" into an article and not provide a link?? more » ManchuCandidate: We're still here? Take that future! more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: My favorite LHC cartoon. more » Gemini2: That explains my on-going feeling of déjà vu...It's like I wrote this before and I am doing it again.... nothing could have gone wrong...Right? Tha... more » omgwtflolbbqbye: When i skimmed the excerpt i read it as "... Said CERN general director, rofl" more » Kitradu: If I collide my proton beam with another proton beam people scream I have the gay. If CERN does it it's "science." Guess that flying kitty was right. more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Fools, you never cross the str- damnit, those are beams. And just you wait, they're going to find the Figgs-Bozo particle first. more » sallysparrow: Don't cross the beams! more » -
#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 » -
#rocketporn
The Russian Cold War Rocket That Still Does Heavy Lifting
This Russian Proton rocket, looking like something out of a 60s sci-fi novel, launched yesterday from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying one of the largest satellites ever built. Arguably the best heavy boost rocket in the world, the Proton is a Cold War relic that's still a workhorse (despite some recent failures) more than forty years after the first one was launched. How did this rocket, one of the deadliest weapons ever created, end up helping North Americans watch European football matches via satellite? More »
