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CERN might build a larger collider to investigate the basic underpinnings of gravity

“The Large Hadron Collider that found the ‘God particle’ might be replaced by an even larger collider to solve new mysteries of the universe, such as how gravity interacts on a molecular level.

Researchers from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) are proposing a new underground accelerator with a circumference of 80 kilometres - three times the size of the current one under Geneva, the Daily Mail reported.”

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The center of the Earth is just a big giant iron crystal

“The iron alloys in the solid inner core of the Earth appear to have crystallized in such a way that it’s easier for energy to pass on the north-south axis than on the east-west, as described in a new study led by Maurizio Mattesini, a geologist at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, which appeared in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”  Here is the abstract.  Subscription is required to read the whole thing. I guess this is old news from 2010.

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