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Caption CERN Contest Week 17
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Week 17: 5/27/2015 - 9pm PDT 6/3/2015Coils, gleaming metal, giant domes, now this is a proper mad scientist image! The CERN scientists in this image seem to be working on a large metal device of some sort. It definitely looks like an electrode which...

Caption CERN Contest Week 18
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Week 18: 6/3/2015 - 9pm PDT 6/10/2015CERN is no stranger to innovative display systems. It should be no surprise, considering CERN staff are trying to work with massive amounts of data collected by thousands of scientists. Here we see one of those systems,...

Caption CERN Contest Week 21
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Week 21: 6/24/2015 - 9pm PDT 7/2/2015These two CERN scientists are looking through some kind of optical apparatus. There is a plano-convex lens mounted on an adjustable arm. The scientists appear to be looking through a window while adjusting some controls....

Caption CERN Contest Week 25
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Week 25: 7/22/2015 - 9pm PDT 7/29/2015We're not kidding when we say CERN scientists and engineers really get into their work. Check out at this CERN scientist looking down at his.. uh, experiment. We're not sure exactly what this device is. There is...

Caption CERN Contest Week 19
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Week 19: 6/10/2015 - 9pm PDT 6/17/2015Just about every workplace has to worry about safety. Many companies have a safety team that is trained to handle emergencies and help patients until proper medical technicians arrive. In a typical office environment...

Caption CERN Contest Week 14
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Week 14: 5/6/2015 - 9pm PDT 5/13/2015We've seen a lot of strange equipment here at Hackaday, but this one left us at a loss for words - at least for a few minutes. What the heck is this thing? Pressure vessel? RF chamber? Looking at this image and another...

Caption CERN Contest Week 23
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Week 23: 7/8/2015 - 9pm PDT 7/15/2015Something a bit different this week. CERN is probably best known for the various particle accelerators they've had over the years. One of the first units was synchrocyclotron SC-1, which operated from 1957 to 1974....

Caption CERN Contest Week 3
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Week 3: 2/17/2015 - 9pm PDT 2/24/2015Link to the original CERN image. Behind all that gleaming stainless steel high energy physics equipment were rooms full of controls, computers, and data acquisition equipment. This scientist looks a bit perplexed...

Caption CERN Contest Week 20
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Week 20: 6/17/2015 - 9pm PDT 6/24/2015Anyone who's worked on a major project, be it professional, personal, or for a contest like The Hackaday Prize, knows about marathon sessions. Those times when you put in your all and just push the project ahead...

Caption CERN Contest Week 15
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Week 15: 5/13/2015 - 9pm PDT 5/20/2015Accidents happen! When you're working on the bleeding edge of science and technology, things don't always go as planned. In this image, we're looking at what appears to be the result of some sort of failure. We're...

Caption CERN Contest Week 23 Winner
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Week 23 of the Caption CERN Contest has been laid to rest. Thanks to all the entrants who stopped by to pay their condolences and leave captions for the dearly departed SC-1 . CERN engineers and scientists are a crafty bunch, so I'm betting that SC-1's...

Caption CERN Contest Week 2 Winner
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We had some great entries this week! The Funnies:"Here's a nice pic of me and mom after a day in Geneva", said Sheila Armbruster, who just celebrated her 25th anniversary of being the first successful extra-utero baby born at CERN cloning labs. - No_Hazmats"What...

Caption CERN Contest Week 4 Winner
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Week 4 of the Caption CERN contest is in the can! Let's check out the round-up!The Funnies:"I don't wanna work, I want to bang on these drums all day....." - RoboMonkey"Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Particle. Never has the solution been...

Caption CERN Contest Week 8 Winner
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Thanks for another week of great captions! We still aren't sure if our CERN staffer is looking at that machine pensively, amorously, or with a bit of confusion, but you all all found some great words to go with the image! The Funnies:"Dr. Breman's early...

Caption CERN Contest Week 18 Winner
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Week 18 has faded into history, but not before you wrote some great captions! A hearty thanks to all the entrants. Astute reader jlbrian7 has done it again! He's uncovered the truth behind this image. The woman in this photo is manually analyzing photographs...

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