When Hadrons Collide: A Thriller

Ok, does everyone remember what happened around this time last year? The world went bat-shit crazy over the fact that the LHC was about to create a giant black hole and eat the planet, or destroy the universe or make Sarah Palin Vice-President of the media of the USA!! GASP!

We’ll get your aluminum foil hats and Black Hole detection kits ready, cause it all about to go down again!

For the last few weeks CERN has been accelerating batches of sub-atomic particles faster and faster and this Friday they will enter the main chamber and collide. I expect the lunatics and fear mongers will have a heyday with this, however until then, read this great article explaining what they’re looking for, why it’s so cool and whether or not we’ll live to talk about it.

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BoyInfidel, aka Skinnyhead: Used to be a preacher and proselytizer for the dark side, now I immerse myself in teh intarwebs, podcasts and documentaries in order to expand my mind and hopefully raise my kids with skeptical minds as well. My hobbies include pub nights, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, tweeting from the bathroom and an unhealthy obsession with Neil deGrasse Tyson
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