With the launching of the Large Hadron Collider there is a lot of speculation about Mini Black Holes emitting Hawking radiation and destroying the entire planet and maybe even the entire universe (that’s right – take that God, we created you, we can destroy you… oh wait…). The scientific community however is in consensus that nothing will probably go wrong. And if something could go wrong, its like a 1 in 50 million chance that it will.
Anyway, if you want to look at a live webcam of them testing the setup you can watch here (look for the red lights flashing, it means they are sending protons around)…
Also check out xkcd’s take on it…
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