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CERN has announced that its Light Hadron Collider will only begin unraveling scientific mysteries in September. The most intricate machine ever built was forced into a stasis after it developed technical faults soon after being turned on for the first time in September 2008.
Although the machine’s return to action was scheduled for November 2008, the restart was pushed to July 2009. Now CERN has further delayed the re-launch. Around $24 million dollars have already been spent in repairing the gargantuan machine. You can expect more apocalyptic predictions during the time leading to its relaunch.
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