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	<title>Damned if God Exists Atheist Blog &#187; Large Hadron Collider</title>
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		<title>Holy shit! What&#8217;s that? &#8211; New cosmic &#8216;hand of God&#8217; image from NASA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dog</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/04/15/holy-shit-whats-that-new-cosmic-hand-of-god-image-from-nasa/' addthis:title='Holy shit! What&#8217;s that? &#8211; New cosmic &#8216;hand of God&#8217; image from NASA'  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>This new image, published today by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory now shows two 'hands of God'.  OK, so they are not actually hands of God, but what the hell are they doing?<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/04/15/holy-shit-whats-that-new-cosmic-hand-of-god-image-from-nasa/' addthis:title='Holy shit! What&#8217;s that? &#8211; New cosmic &#8216;hand of God&#8217; image from NASA' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/04/15/holy-shit-whats-that-new-cosmic-hand-of-god-image-from-nasa/' addthis:title='Holy shit! What&#8217;s that? &#8211; New cosmic &#8216;hand of God&#8217; image from NASA'  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div><div id="attachment_92" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/handsofogd.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-92" title="WTF is it doing?" src="http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/handsofogd.jpg" alt="WTF is it doing?" width="300" height="185" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">WTF is it doing?</p></div>
<p>Did you see that? I mean WTF?</p>
<p>This new image, published today by NASA&#8217;s Chandra X-Ray Observatory now shows two &#8216;hands of God&#8217;.  OK, so they are not actually hands of God, but what the hell are they doing?</p>
<p>Pulsar PSR B1509-58 has spawned a twin and together they seem to be up to something, and I&#8217;m not sure it looks good.</p>
<p>I know NASA said that the whole pulsar &#8216;hand of God&#8217; phenomenon is some 17,000 light years away, so I shouldn&#8217;t be too worried. But what if they&#8217;re wrong?</p>
<p>Is this some cosmic vortex opening up to swallow the universe? Could it be a giant wormhole about to unleash a gargantuan fleet of mega destroyers upon us? Or is the universe just giving us some kind of cosmic sign. If so, what is it trying to say?</p>
<p>If you have any idea, let me know.</p>
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		<title>Run LHC the King of rap!</title>
		<link>http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2008/09/09/large-hadron-collider-rap-song-run-lhc-the-king-of-rap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Large Hadron Collider]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2008/09/09/large-hadron-collider-rap-song-run-lhc-the-king-of-rap/' addthis:title='Run LHC the King of rap!'  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Still puzzled about what the Large Hadron Collider actually is for? Here it is all explained as a rap song featuring dancing CERN physicists and the voice of Stephen Hawking. I wish my old physics lectures were this much fun back in the days!<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2008/09/09/large-hadron-collider-rap-song-run-lhc-the-king-of-rap/' addthis:title='Run LHC the King of rap!' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still puzzled about what the <a title="Large Hadron Collider CERN website" href="http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/" target="_blank">Large Hadron Collider</a> actually is for?</p>
<p>Here it is all explained as a rap song featuring dancing CERN physicists and the voice of Stephen Hawking. I wish my old physics lectures were this much fun back in the days!</p>
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		<title>Will you survive the Large Hadron Collider Experiment?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Large Hadron Collider]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2008/09/08/will-you-survive-the-large-hadron-collider-experiment/' addthis:title='Will you survive the Large Hadron Collider Experiment?'  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>It seems like Douglas Adams was wrong after all about the world ending on a Thursday. Wrong by one day if there is any truth in the words of the scaremongers blabbing about the dangers of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), due to be fired up this coming Wednesday 10th September. The Large Hadron Collider [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2008/09/08/will-you-survive-the-large-hadron-collider-experiment/' addthis:title='Will you survive the Large Hadron Collider Experiment?' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems like Douglas Adams was wrong after all about the world ending on a Thursday. Wrong by one day if there is any truth in the words of the scaremongers <a title="Will the world end on Wednesday?" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/08/particlephysics.physics" target="_blank">blabbing</a> about the dangers of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), due to be fired up this coming Wednesday 10<sup>th</sup> September.</p>
<div id="attachment_36" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 200px"><a href="http://www.madscistuff.com/I-survived-the-large-hadron-collider-LHC-experiment-t-shirt.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-36" title="I Survived the Large Hadron Collider Experiment T-Shirt" src="http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/190x190-i-survived-the-large-hadron-collider.gif" alt="I Survived the Large Hadron Collider Experiment T-Shirt" width="190" height="190" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I Survived the Large Hadron Collider Experiment T-Shirt</p></div>
<p>The Large Hadron Collider will be used to speed up two proton beams to practically the speed of light, travelling in opposite directions. As these protons are then made to smash into each other, scientists are hoping to recreate conditions very similar to those just the tiniest fraction of a second after the Big Bang. This has lead to speculation and unfounded scaremongering that a resulting rogue black hole or some other phenomenon will be created that will swallow up the Earth and the surrounding solar system.</p>
<p>But even if this baloney were true, nothing so spectacular will happen this Wednesday because it will take a while for the Large Hadron Collider to get the protons going fast enough for scientists to have the smashing time they have been preparing for for the last 20 years.</p>
<p><strong>So, will you survive the Large Hadron Collider experiment?</strong></p>
<p>Well, that depends&#8230; you could be unlucky enough to get hit by a car or choke on a chicken bone before it&#8217;s all over. But in the meantime, make sure you get hold of your <a title="I Survived the Large Hadron Collider Experiment T-Shirt" href="http://www.madscistuff.com/I-survived-the-large-hadron-collider-LHC-experiment-t-shirt.html" target="_blank">‘I Survived the Large Hadron Collider Experiment&#8217; t-shirt</a> from our shop at <a title="Crazy science T-Shirts" href="http://www.madscistuff.com" target="_blank">MadSciStuff.com</a> so that just in case you make it, you&#8217;ll be all set and ready to have some fun at the expense of the doomsayers who would like to stop Science progress in its tracks.</p>
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