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Maybe Tom Hanks Can Get the Large Hadron Collider Working

by Lee Bains on February 19, 2009 at 11:30 AM



The world's scariest technological advancement and Hollywood's most familiar standby will soon meet, according to Crunchgear.

In case you'd forgotten, the massive, underground machine the Large Hadron Collider -- engineered to simulate the "Big Bang" -- was first kicked into gear last September. Fortunately for everybody, when the switch was flipped, the world didn't implode. Unfortunately for the scientists involved, when the switch was flipped, the Large Hadron Collider broke down, requiring around $29 million in repairs.

Scientists with the Swiss laboratory Cern are now hoping that 'Forrest Gump-', 'Da Vinci Code-' and 'Bachelor Party'-star Tom Hanks will be able to rub some of his moxie off on the repaired machine and push the button as early as June, the Telegraph reports. Since Hanks's forthcoming film, the 'Da Vinci Code' sequel 'Angels and Demons,' deals with antimatter stolen from Cern, we imagine the scientists saw a unique publicity opportunity. We just hope the LHC relaunch fares better than 'The Ladykillers'. [From: The Telegraph via CrunchGear]

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