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POP goes the weasel, quite literally

Accepted submission by CaTfiSh at 2016-04-29 18:46:13
Science

The $4.4 billion Large Haldron Collider has been shut down by a wandering weasel which managed its way into the collider's 66kV transformer and was promptly fried.

The collider is expected to be up and running in a few days.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36173247 [bbc.com]

http://phys.org/news/2016-04-weasel-large-hadron-collider.html [phys.org]


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