Article: Big plans deep down; Here's the idea: Scientists want to build a massive box far below the ground in northern Minnesota and then, from a huge gun hundreds of miles away, fire kazillions of particles at it. Why? To find answers, perhaps, to questions spanning the life of the universe.(NEWS)

Somewhere in the back pages of the book containing all of the laws of physics, perhaps in a footnote, there must be an entry stating that the smaller, more exotic and elusive the particle you want to catch, the bigger, more outlandish and expensive your trap must be.

Whether actually written down or just common knowledge among physicists, that law explains why a few weeks ago a small plane carrying the Department of Energy's director of energy research was approaching the tiny town of Tower in the heart of Minnesota's Iron Range.

Martha Krebs, the DOE official, looked out the window as the plane cut a tight turn above the few buildings and tall steel ...

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