CERN levels up with new superconducting karts

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Akuehne

This got me. Thought it was real, busted out laughing when I read the project leads name. It still didn't click.

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PunchyHamster

We need followup post exactly 365 days later describing first karting accident inside CERN

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cern

CERN Research Facility, Geneva. Subject: Gordon Freeman, Male, Age 27

gnarlouse

Happy April Fools Day!

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rippeltippel

Right on time! "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" released today.

thomasgeelens

oh my, I should really visit one day, I'm not even that far from CERN

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rbanffy

I really miss Think Geek :-(

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Noe2097

> Each kart is turbo-boosted by 64 superconducting engines,” explains project leader Mario Idraulico

I guess we can now call you Mario 'Kart' Idraulico.

Oh wait.

Thank you CERN, that was a smart one.

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groundzeros2015

Please bro. Just one more particle collider. This one will solve science. The last one wasn’t big enough. Please keep it in desirable real estate though.

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koolala

high temperature super conductors my beloved

rvnx

Meh joke considering this was paid on public money.

Same as choosing to spend xxx,xxx USD to have .cern when using subdomains would have worked too (and caused less validation / compatibility issues).

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voidUpdate

Is this an april fools joke? The title image looks so over-the-top that I really can't tell if it's a joke or not

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