Saturday, 23 May 2020

The U.S. Congress has cut off funds for the superconducting supercollider that the scientific establishment(1) wanted to build in Texas

The U.S. Congress has cut off funds for the superconducting supercollider that the scientific establishment(1) wanted to build in Texas.
The alleged(2) virtues of the supercollider proved no match for the huge(3) cost overruns(4) that had piled up like a mountain alongside a sea of red ink.(5) Despite original estimates of fi ve to six billion dollars, the latest figure was over eleven billion and growing faster than weeds.(6)

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