As most of the world knows, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), in a tunnel 175 meters below the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland, is the largest and most expensive scientific experiment in human history. It is designed to hurl opposing particle beams in a 27-kilometer circle at somewhere the speed of light. When it was finally cranked up for the first time, there were concerns that a runaway chain reaction might suck the universe into a black hole. Unfortunately, it broke down before anybody got the answer although it is working at a lower level while scientists work to get it back up to speed.
Yes, but Why Do It?
Yes, but Why Do It?
Yes, but Why Do It?
As most of the world knows, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), in a tunnel 175 meters below the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland, is the largest and most expensive scientific experiment in human history. It is designed to hurl opposing particle beams in a 27-kilometer circle at somewhere the speed of light. When it was finally cranked up for the first time, there were concerns that a runaway chain reaction might suck the universe into a black hole. Unfortunately, it broke down before anybody got the answer although it is working at a lower level while scientists work to get it back up to speed.
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