10 Sep 2008, Posted by Cat in News, 14 Comments. Tagged science

kiss your arse goodbye?

Large Hadron Collider best and worse case scenarios have been neatly explained over at Wired.

"Worst Case: Scientists inadvertently make a micro black hole, and the earth is quickly erased from existence. Just kidding: scientists at CERN and elsewhere have ruled out the possibility that the LHC will create any kind of doomsday scenario. The black holes that the LHC could theoretically create don’t even have enough energy to light up a light bulb. On the other hand, the U.K.’s Astronomer Royal put the odds of destroying the world at 1 in 50 million (which puts it in the realm of possibilities but still not as likely as hitting the lottery). "

1 in 50 million, huh? Its been lovely knowing you all…