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6.15.2007 Biggest Machine Ever Built

(running time 3:45)

When the Large Hadron Collider goes online in 2008, it will be largest and most expensive machine ever created. But why build an $8 billion behemoth to search for the smallest particles in the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson has given the question some thought.