Weasel disables Large Hadron Collider

GENEVA – It’s one of the physics world’s most complex machines, and it has been immobilized – temporarily – by a weasel.

Spokesman Arnaud Marsollier said the world’s largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, has suspended operations because a weasel invaded a transformer that helps power the machine and set off an electrical outage on Friday.

Authorities said the incident was one of several small glitches that will delay plans to restart the $4.4 billion collider by a few days.

Marsollier said Friday the weasel died – and little remains of it.