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Will the Global Economic Crisis Kill the Large Hadron Collider? [Big Science]io9 - Nov 17, 2008 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's biggest physics experiment, was all set to start up a few months ago - its miles of underground tunnels would provide answers to deep physics questions about the nature of … Also tagged: science, lhc, large hadron collider, big science, economic dystopia |
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Magnetic Anomaly Map of the World [Mad Geophysics]io9 - Oct 9, 2008 This map shows areas on the globe where there are disturbances in the Earth's magnetic field. Here, red indicates a stronger magnetic tug, and blue a weaker one (white lines are the edges of tectonic plates). As you … Also tagged: science, magnetism, geophysics, geology, mad geophysics, strange maps |
io9 - Oct 3, 2008
Last night, the Annals of Improbable Research held its 18th annual Ig Nobel Prizes. The prizes are awarded for scientific and social achievements "that first make people laugh, then make people think." And this year’s …
Also tagged: medicine, biology, chemistry, archeology, cognitive science, improbable research, ig nobel prizes
io9 - Sep 29, 2008
You know that "I'm an insignificant dot in the middle of this enormous universe" feeling you get when you stare up into the night sky a little too long? Well, some Oxford scientists think you might be a little more …
Also tagged: science, astronomy, oxford, cosmology, dark energy, heresy, copernican principle, copernicus, physical review letters
io9 - Sep 19, 2008
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 …
Also tagged: science, lhc, cern, large hadron collider, mega accidents
io9 - Sep 11, 2008
Want to see the latest things happening with the compact muon solenoid experiment at CERN, where physicists booted up the Large Hadron Collider yesterday? Now you can watch both the inside of the experimental chamber …
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io9 - Sep 10, 2008
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 …
Also tagged: science, feature, top, cern, large hadron collider, no it s not the large hardon collider
io9 - Aug 26, 2008
Want to know more about how to end the world by shooting atomic particles through a gigantic, underground loop full of magnets in Switzerland? Then we've got the book for you: It's the 1500-page instruction manual for …
Also tagged: large hadron collider
io9 - Aug 21, 2008
Last summer, a condemned house in Texas was sucked into a small wormhole, its wooden facade slowly slurped though another dimension and spit out into an alley behind the backyard This bizarre mashup of real estate and …
Also tagged: art, space, science, concept art, bigpic true, wormholes
io9 - Aug 12, 2008
Sachiko Kodama is a physics geek turned artist whose intimacy with the laws of magnetism has led her to create art out of magnets and oils filled with magnetic particles. As the magnets interact with the magnetized …
Also tagged: art, science, sachiko kodama, ferrofluids