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Synthetic Black Hole Event Horizon Created in UK Laboratory
JohnWaterman
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2-14-2008 7:01 AM
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2-14-2008
1:35 PM
lekagrrrrr
great
2-15-2008
10:18 AM
RossDouglas
I wonder how many of the tech guys were tempted to push a pencil in there.
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