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    Cord-munching weasel temporarily knocks the LHC offline

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    Andrew Tarantola
    Andrew Tarantola
    04.29.2016

    Just weeks after coming online from a series of crucial upgrades, CERN's Large Hadron Collider was knocked back offline overnight after a weasel (potentially a Marten) chomped through the wrong power cable. "We had electrical problems, and we are pretty sure this was caused by a small animal," CERN spokesman, Arnaud Marsollier, told NPR.