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Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)
The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break. First, a coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then LHC officials postponed the restart of the machine to add additional safety features. Now, a bird dropping a ...
Large Hadron Collider: Damaged by a Time-Traveling Bird?
Large Hadron Collider: Damaged by a Time-Traveling Bird?
news.yahoo.com — Peckish bird briefly downs big atom smasher AFP/File A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet at the... European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (more) Large Hadron Collider: Damaged by a Time-Traveling Bird?
Too Good to Check: Baguette Shuts Down CERN
themoderatevoice.com — The world’s largest particle accelerator / collider (The Large Hadron Collider, for those of you keeping score)... has run into yet another setback. After being plagued by coolant leaks, faulty magnets and a host of other technical difficulties, operations have again ground to a halt. The ... (more) Too Good to Check: Baguette Shuts Down CERN
Large Hadron Collider scuttled by birdy baguette-bomber • The Register
theregister.co.uk — A bird dropping a piece of bread onto outdoor machinery has been blamed for a technical fault... at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) this week which saw significant overheating in sections of the mighty particle-punisher's subterranean 27-km supercooled ... (more) Large Hadron Collider scuttled by birdy baguette-bomber ...
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IT NEVER STOPS: Baguette Dropped From Bird’s Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)….
Instapundit — IT NEVER STOPS: Baguette Dropped From Bird’s Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really). ...

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Piece Of Bread Shuts Down Large Hadron Collider
Below The Beltway — Honestly, I’m really starting to believe those theories about the universe protecting itself from destruction when I read stories like this: The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break. First, a coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then LHC officials postponed the restart of the machine to add additional safety features. Now, a bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of the accelerator has, according to the Register, shut ...

Time Traveling, Anti-Physics Sabatuers Now Enlisting the Aid of Birds?
Hit & Run — ...  the argument put forth by two respected physicists that the Large Hadron Collider was failing due to sabotage from the future. Absurd, right? Except that more evidence just keeps piling on: According to reports, the LHC has undergone a series of troubles, and recently shut down due to a bird dropping a piece of bread into a key section of the machine: ...

Too Good to Check: Baguette Shuts Down CERN
The Moderate Voice — ... The world’s largest particle accelerator / collider (The Large Hadron Collider, for those of you keeping score) has run into yet another setback. After being plagued by coolant leaks, faulty magnets and a host of other technical difficulties, operations have again ground to a halt. The culprit? A bird smuggling a baguette over their air space. ...

The Large Hadron Collider, shut down by a bit of bread...
Althouse... dropped from the beak of a bird. Oh, it's starting. We think we are so advanced, but it's starting... ...

The Rube Goldberg Effect
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