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Physics: The Large Human Collider

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Social scientists have embedded themselves at CERN to study the world's biggest research collaboration. Zeeya Merali reports on a 10,000-person physics project.

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Zeeya Merali is a freelance writer in London.

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Merali, Z. Physics: The Large Human Collider. Nature 464, 482–484 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464482a

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