Just make some black holes already
by Joseph on Nov.07, 2009, under Main
Time-traveling bosons can try as hard as they want, but the Large Hadron Collider’s real Achilles’ Heel? Bread. And birds, apparently.
A bird dropping a piece of bread onto outdoor machinery has been blamed for a technical fault at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) this week which saw significant overheating on parts of the accelerator. The LHC was not operational at the time of the incident, but the spike produced so much heat that had the beam been on, automatic safety detectors would have shut down the machine.
I admit there are some eventualities you just can’t plan for, but come on! How are you going to destroy the world if you’re thwarted by bread?! I mean… no.
(via Universe Today, Bread Dropped By Bird Causes Problems for LHC.)
