The builders of the world's biggest particle collider are being sued in federal court over fears that the experiment might create globe-gobbling black holes or never-before-seen strains of matter that would destroy the planet.
Representatives at Fermilab in Illinois and at Europe's CERN laboratory, two of the defendants in the case, say there's no chance that the Large Hadron Collider would cause such cosmic catastrophes. Nevertheless, they're bracing to defend themselves in the courtroom as well as the court of public opinion.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Doomsday fears spark lawsuit
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Wow, does the boogy-man still hide in these people's closets?
Nothing but stall tactics and a waste of time.
But it does show why the damn thing wasn't built in the U.S.
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