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A black future

In a tunnel outside Geneva, the Large Hadron Collider will smash protons so energetically that tiny black holes might be produced in the process. Credit: Maximilien Brice/CERN

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  • "Any starship capable of protecting its crew would require immense amounts of shielding..."

    Would a superconducting shell not greatly reduce the required shielding mass?
    Lloyd Andrew Lloyd Andrew
    Dec. 30, 2009 at 10:10am
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