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Breadcrumb Latest Speed Bump for Collider

$8B science project sidetracked by 'bit of baguette'

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 5, 2009 11:59 PM CST | Updated Nov 6, 2009 6:29 AM CST

(Newser) – The enormous science project buried beneath the France-Switzerland border has seen all kinds of detours in its search for the so-called “God particle”—busted vacuum tubes, al-Qaeda moles—so the latest might not be a huge surprise: A piece of bread dropped by... Read full story »

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Breadcrumb Latest Speed Bump for Collider

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