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Collision

The Large Hadron Collider Is a Smash Hit

Arts, Culture & Media

After 15 years and several false starts, the Large Hadron Collider research program has finally begun.  Early this morning, 3300 feet below the Swiss-French border near Geneva, it…

neutron star collision

In a long-ago neutron star collision, scientists find a cosmic goldmine

Technology

A Stellar Collision, Ripples In Space-Time, And The Origins Of Gold

The World

NASA is designing a spacecraft that could nudge asteroids out of Earth’s way

Science
Passengers stand on the wings of a US Airways plane after it landed in the Hudson River in New York after a flock of birds struck the engines

Meet a forensic ornithologist, who identifies what’s left after avians and airplanes collide

Science
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