xkcd #3286: Particle Physics Equipment

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The one that sounds like the oracle at the center of the galaxy where the hero travels to hear a prophecy is probably Brookhaven National Laboratory's now-dismantled COSMOTRON.

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[–] 7 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Plenty of underutilized names there.

I mean "scintillation counter"?! That's all the way to the right.

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