A view of the world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet, part of the Large Hadron Collider (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images).
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10. Large hadron collider
A little out of left field, this project scores 10 out of 10 on the Magnus Pike scale of mad science. In a 27km long circular tunnel, buried underground just outside Geneva, the large hadron collider was developed so protons moving at a fraction less than the speed of light could be smashed into each other. At a cost of more than three billion euros to build, plus another chunk of cash after early experiments broke it, the machine is not a small under taking. It was first fired up in September 2008 and just last month the official research programme began when two 7 terra-electron-volt beams collided.
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