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| | The Soudan Underground Laboratory |
 | | At the Soudan lab, the number of cosmic ray particles is cut by a factor of 100,000 from the number at the surface. |
 | | Today, scientists believe that the entire universe may be bathed in a sea of neutrinos left over from the "Big Bang." If neutrinos have mass, they may comprise some or all of the intriguing "dark matter," which many scientists believe to have an important influence on the evolution of the universe. |
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