Hadron Collider Started Up, World Doesn't End

I actually composed this 3 days ago and scheduled to publish today. The fact that you're reading means that the world did not come to and end, as some predicted.

An Earth Gobbling Black Hole Created By Mad European Scientists

Do you need one more thing to keep you up late worrying tonight? How about this:

It may "create unsafe conditions of physics" which may have disastrous effects. How? Well, you may imagine a micro black hole gobbling up everything unstoppably, while a strangelet (a hypothetical clump of particles including strange quarks) may run amok converting all nearby matter into strange matter, also wrecking the Earth.

They're talking about the CERN Large Hadron Collider that's due to be powered up shortly and they're suing to stop it.

The lawsuit filed by a group of Hawaii residents is alleging that not enough safety checks have been made by CERN to prevent disaster when the LHC goes live in the coming weeks.

So, if you wake up in a black hole later this month, you'll know why. Sleep well. Scientists say it's safe. And they're always right.