Number 30 (Story #4), April 18 1991 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein THE COST OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING SUPERCOLLIDER may have to go up again from the current "final estimate" of $8.25 billion. Some scientists at the SSC would like to increase the aperture of the quadruple magnets used to focus the proton beams from 4 up to 5 cm., an improvement that might cost $100 million. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 10 April.)