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By Simon Romero / The Bulletin
April 8, 2012
LLANO DE CHAJNANTOR, Chile — Trucks stall on the road to this plateau 16,597 feet up in the Atacama Desert, where scientists are installing one of the world’s largest ground-based astronomical projects.
Heads ache. Noses bleed. Dizziness overcomes the researchers toiling in the shadow of the....