Posted by Chris Jensen |
Apr. 02, 2008 07:18AM PST
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Last week we posted a story involving a lawsuit filed in Hawaii that claims powering up the Large Hadron Collider has the potential to, oh, destroy the earth. In a world where far too many people still believe Barack Obama is a Muslim extremist working for a sleep-cell, there is bound to be a large group of people misinformed about the potential disaster they see coming when scientists flip the switch for the greatest experiment of all time.
In response, CERN has posted a safety guide for the experiment that should calm most fears, though I doubt it will have much impact.
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(Source: CERN)
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Posted by Chris Jensen |
Mar. 28, 2008 09:40AM PST
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FILED UNDER: News. Science.
A lawsuit has been brought forth in Hawaii federal court by former nuclear safety officer Walter Wagner, demanding that the U.S. Department of Energy, Fermilab, the National Science Foundation and CERN revisit safety standards at the soon-to-be-activated Large Hadron Collider.
Why? Something about it possibly destroying the planet.
From MSNBC:
"We're going to need a minimum of four months to review whatever they're putting out," Wagner told me on Monday. The suit seeks a temporary restraining order that would put the LHC on hold, pending the release and review of an updated CERN safety assessment. It also calls on the U.S. government to do a full environmental review addressing the LHC project, including the debate over the doomsday scenario.
Page 2 has info about several doomsday scenarios, all of which I'd welcome with open arms, just for the sake of excitement.
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(Source: MSNBC)
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