DOOMSDAY FEARS SPARK LAWSUIT


	DOOMSDAY FEARS SPARK LAWSUIT

Silkweaver

3-28-2008 11:58 AM

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physics, large hadron collider, black holes, doomsday

Silkweaver says:

I could think about a few other more imminent dangers to our planet.

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