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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-10 09:05 AM
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Large Hadron Collider generates a 'mini-Big Bang'
The Large Hadron Collider has successfully created a "mini-Big Bang" by smashing together lead ions instead of protons.

The scientists working at the enormous machine on Franco-Swiss border achieved the unique conditions on 7 November.

The experiment created temperatures a million times hotter than the centre of the Sun.
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He said that the collisions obtained were able to generate the highest temperatures and densities ever produced in an experiment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11711228
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-10 09:08 AM
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1. Reminds me of a Far Side cartoon - the one with the short scientist pushing his "little bang" theory
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luvspeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-10 09:52 AM
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2. Glad we are still here...
:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :sarcasm:
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qazplm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-10 04:08 PM
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3. actually
we aren't.
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luvspeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-10 04:25 PM
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4. well, we might not be there anymore...
but we are here. or are we? :tinfoilhat:
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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-10 06:17 PM
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5. The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
:scared:
:yoiks:
:hide:
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-08-10 08:11 PM
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6. See folks, the universe didn't come to an end.
:P

OR DID IT?!?!?!?!?! :P

Are we all dead, man? IS THIS HEAVEN? Can I fly? (Opens up window and jumps. Hits ground, gets sprained ankle. I live on the first floor.)
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-10 02:27 PM
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7. mini-Bazinga!
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