Injunction sought against collider
March 31, 2008, United Press International
HONOLULU, March 31 (UPI) -- Two men have asked a U.S. court in Hawaii to block a European particle accelerator, arguing that it might produce an Earth-devouring black hole.
Physicists involved with the Large Hadron Collider say it is safe, The New York Times reported. The accelerator has been under construction by the European Center for Nuclear Research, or CERN, for 14 years near Geneva, Switzerland.
Walter Wagner, who operates a botanical garden on the Big Island of Hawaii, and Luis Sancho of Spain filed the lawsuit March 21. They named CERN and the U.S. Department of Energy, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the National Science Foundation as defendants...
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