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- A small mammal gnawed a power cable, forcing the Large Hadron Collider to shut down.
- CERN confirmed the collider is offline and said repair crews are working to restore it.
- Press officer Arnaud Marsollier identified the creature as likely a weasel, though a later briefing suggested it might be a marten.
- Scientists expect the collider to resume Higgs Boson data collection by mid-May after several days of repairs.
