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Lisa Randall: Knocking on Heaven’s Door

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In her new book Knocking on Heaven’s Door, Randall considers the intersection of science and creativity, and suggests that concepts like beauty can be found in scientific theories.

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Hadron Collider smashes its first atoms

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Large Hadron Collider to go offline as CERN investigates coolant leak

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Protons begin circling as Large Hadron Collider switches on

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The Big Bang, take two: physicists gear up to flip the switch on the Large Hadron Collider

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Large Hadron Collider launched

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A European scientific research organization near Geneva today switched on the world’s most power particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

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Geo answer

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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Geneva, Switzerland. The world’s newest particle accelerator laboratory called the Large Hadron Collider is located near Geneva. Lisa Mullins speaks with Kate McAlpine, a science writer with the project and the author of a rap music video that explains the collider’s goals.