IceCube neutrino detector set to image Earth's core

Following the Dr. Dre Medical Clinic and Eazy E Public "[censored]" Library, the final founding member of pioneering gangsta rap group NWA has at last been given his due, with scientists at the South Pole currently putting the finishing touches on an ambitious project known as the IceCube neutrino detector. Consisting of thousands of sensors that will occupy a cubic kilometer of ice upon completion, the machine is being built well below the Pole's surface, and will be used to detect neutrinos from outer space which have been trapped below the Earth's crust. The image that these scattered neutrinos produce over the course of a decade should result in a very accurate silhouette of the core, which will appear as a dark object within the lighter outline of the planet as a whole. Unfortunately, when contacted for comment, team member Maria Gonzalez-Garcia of Barcelona University refused to opine on the merits of the detector, instead cryptically suggesting that we check ourselves before we wreck ourselves.

[Image courtesy of UC Berkeley]

[puh_fifer @ Nov 23rd 2007 10:53AM]

'Cause shotgun shells are bad for ya health

[Dawn Bays @ Nov 23rd 2007 10:53AM]

What the heck are you talking about?

[Alan Partridge @ Nov 23rd 2007 11:09AM]

IceCube! (Its not for the pop chart)

[Bombaclaat @ Nov 23rd 2007 10:56AM]

parental advisory...heh,heh....:|...wah?

[Ross @ Nov 23rd 2007 10:58AM]

Uh...what?

[voltwagon @ Nov 23rd 2007 11:10AM]

What about Mc Ren and Dj Yella?

[joey @ Nov 23rd 2007 11:14AM]

damn IceCube gets down like a scientist now? WORD

[John @ Nov 23rd 2007 11:35AM]

Evan Blass, that was actually painful.

[Alex Whiteside @ Nov 23rd 2007 11:51AM]

They're doing crystallography on the Earth, using neutrinos, with a cubic kilometre of Antarctic ice as the detector.

Verily, science is the shit.

[Josh L @ Nov 23rd 2007 12:16PM]

So, does IceCube actually have anything at all to do with this project or are you guys just playing on the name here?

[Yubastard @ Nov 23rd 2007 11:42PM]

actually, he funded the whole project, with his own money. He was also at the site, and dug the first hole. His Neutrino album isn't out yet, so... it's all a marketing stunt.

A pretty nifty way to keep his name alive, if you ask me...

[Adrian Williams @ Nov 23rd 2007 12:17PM]

Today it was a good day

[Yubastard @ Nov 23rd 2007 11:50PM]

that was really unexpected and rather good!

[Steven Faulkner @ Nov 23rd 2007 3:00PM]

This is all you could come up with about IceCube? Go to the website, its pretty crazy stuff

[Sam @ Nov 23rd 2007 8:37PM]

crazy motherf***ing project named Ice Cube, from the gang called barcelonans wit attitude

[Steve @ Nov 24th 2007 12:10PM]

Seriously, that article is unintelligible. After the 3rd read, I think I'm getting that ice cube is *not* involved....so maybe next time don't use half the writing on a strung out bad joke?

[Mike @ Nov 26th 2007 12:41PM]

Imagine taking a picture with a 10 year exposure, only to discover it was out of focus. Gutted!

[yup @ Nov 27th 2007 1:46PM]

If you want more information about this project, here is the link: http://www.icecube.wisc.edu/

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is in charge of this project.